So far in 2021, Lebanon Valley Speedway has been welcoming to first-time winners. Saturday night was no exception as Ryan Darcy, in only his fourth start in a Big Block Modified, won the JC Flach Memorial and took home $5000. “It’s just really hard to believe that we got here so soon,” Darcy said. “It’s only our fourth week and the first feature that we’ve finished. I knew Wayne [Jelley] was back there, but Andy [Bachetti] was the one I was [the] most worried about since he’s got his program figured out.” Darcy started from the pole and outran Timothy Davis to turn 1. It wasn’t long before trouble erupted. Dan Humes spun in turn 4 on the first lap, creating a stack up that collected J.R. Heffner and Jackie Brown Jr. All three were able to continue, but a complete restart was necessary. On the restart, Brett Haas was able to make a great move to pull himself up from the 12th starting spot to fourth by lap 5. He moved onto the podium on lap 9 by passing Bobby Hackel, IV and began to pressure the leaders. A series of incidents slowed the race to a crawl at the one-third mark. First, Jeff Sukup crashed. Then, Kyle Armstrong and Keith Flach collided. Then Brown, Mike King and L.J. Lombardo crashed in turn 2. Wayne Jelley moved himself up to second early and haunted Darcy for much of the event. Following a caution for Timothy Davis, Jelley had a huge run on Darcy entering turn 3. He was able to get past, but slid up the hill, allowing Darcy to regain the lead. That was as close as Jelley got to paydirt. For the rest of the race, Jelley could keep pace with Darcy, but couldn’t make another move. In the closing laps, Bachetti ran down the lead duo and pressured Jelley for second. That allowed Darcy to hold on to take the win. Jelley ended up six-tenths of a second back in second, then Bachetti. Haas had a tire seal off and dropped to fourth. Marc Johnson was fifth. The Small Block Modified feature saw Olden Dwyer start from the pole and pull out a decent advantage over Ryan Larkin. Ultimately, this was the cleanest of the main features on the evening. The pace was slowed on lap 5 when Ray Hall Jr. spun in turn 4. He was able to continue. After a false start, the race resumed with Dwyer starting to open up a gap on the field. Larkin had to deal with Andy Bachetti, who had quickly moved up from the 11th starting spot. He was able to hold Bachetti back until lap 14, but when Bachetti got by for second, he brought Joey Coppola with him. Dwyer looked like he was good for an easy win until Chris Curtis cut his right rear tire to bring out a yellow with five laps to go. That set up a shootout. Bachetti pressured Dwyer hard over the final laps, but he was able to hold off Bachetti to take his first Small Block win in three years. Bachetti was second, then Jason Herrington, Coppola and Larkin. Pro Stock saw Dave Stickles start from the pole and run well. However, Scott Towslee was able to snatch the lead away from Stickles on the second lap. Following a debris caution, heck broke loose in turn 1 on the restart. Johnny Rivers spun, collecting teammate Shawn Perez, Chad Jeseo, Tom O’Connor and more. Everyone continued, but their cars were rather beaten up in the incident. A couple of laps after the restart, Stickles slid up to the outside wall and spun in turn 4. Stickles was then struck by Frank Twing, who ended up in the wall. Both drivers walked away (Stickles did appear sore, though), but done for the night. Towslee fought hard for the lead with Steven LaRochelle for five full laps. Then, the two drivers briefly got hooked together in turn 2. That allowed Tom Dean to sweep past both of them into the lead. Jason Meltz was the man on the move in the second half of the race, dispatching LaRochelle for second on lap 14. Dean was leading until he slid up the track and hit the wall in turn 3 on lap 16, allowing Meltz to take the lead. From there, he held on to take the win over Jeseo, LaRochelle, Dean and Rivers. In Pure Stock, Jeff Meltz Sr., Rocco Procopio and Chris Stalker each claimed victories. Lucas Ballard won the 4-Cylinder feature overall and in the Dual-Cam class. Tim Meltz finished third overall and won the Single-Cam class. Flach Family/Doherty Brothers Construction Modified JC Flach Memorial Results (30 laps, $5000 to win): 1) Ryan Darcy, 2) Wayne Jelley, 3) Andy Bachetti, 4) Brett Haas, 5) Marc Johnson, 6) Kolby Schroder, 7) Brian Berger, 8) Bobby Hackel, IV, 9) Kenny Tremont Jr., 10) Eddie Marshall, 11) Kyle Sheldon, 12) Keith Flach, 13) Ricky Davis, 14) J.R. Heffner, 15) Olden Dwyer, 16) Mike King, 17) Jackie Brown Jr., 18) Timothy Davis, 19) Dan Humes, 20) Josh Marcus, 21) Kyle Armstrong, 22) L.J. Lombardo, 23) Jeff Sukup, 24) Chase Dowling*, 25) Rob Pitcher, 26) Kenny Aanonsen, III *- John Virgilio drove the No. 9 as a substitute for Dowling, who was at Oswego Speedway driving in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Steel Palace 150, where he finished eighth. Small Block Modified Feature Results (24 laps): 1) Olden Dwyer, 2) Andy Bachetti, 3) Jason Herrington, 4) Joey Coppola, 5) Ryan Larkin, 6) Brian Peterson, 7) Ryan Charland, 8) Brandon Lane, 9) Frank Harper, 10) Ray Hall Jr., 11) Montgomery Tremont, 12) Chris Curtis, 13) Michael Sabia, 14) Kevin Petrucci, 15) Alan Houghtaling, 16) Kim LaVoy, 17) John Lutes Jr. Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Jason Meltz, 2) Chad Jeseo, 3) Steven LaRochelle, 4) Tom Dean, 5) Johnny Rivers, 6) Nick Hilt Jr., 7) Zach Seyerlein, 8) Jay Fitzgerald, 9) Scott Towslee, 10) Shawn Perez, 11) Tom O’Connor, 12) Dave Stickles, 13) Frank Twing, 14) Rich Spencer Pure Stock Feature No. 1 Results (10 laps): 1) Jeff Meltz Sr., 2) Brian Walsh, 3) Don Kennedy, 4) Keri VanDenburg, 5) Ryan Brown, 6) Chris Murphy, 7) Franklin Smith, 8) Wayne Mahar, 9) Shawn Perez Pure Stock Feature No. 2 Results (10 laps): 1) Rocco Procopio, 2) Jim Dellea, 3) Scott Morris, 4) Janai St. Pierre, 5) Rob Partridge, 6) Dylan Fachini, 7) Colby Kokosa, 8) Katarina Foster, 9) Christopher Brown, 10) Nick Hilt, III Pure Stock Feature No. 3 Results (10 laps): 1) Chris Stalker, 2) Clifford Booth, 3) Dave Streibel Jr., 4) Scott Kilmer, 5) John Devine, 6) Chris Coons, 7) Jethro Rossman, 8) Ray Royals, 9) Peter Huntoon, 10) Dave Fachini 4-Cylinder Dual-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Lucas Ballard, 2) Brandon Ely, 3) Garrett Biagiarelli, 4) Doug Howe, 5) Steve Burbank, 6) Rob Miner, 7) Helina Yeno, 8) David Frame, 9) Mike Duncan, 10) Jim Williams, 11) Jim Guertin, 12) John Wright 4-Cylinder Single-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Tim Meltz, 2) Victor Duncan Jr., 3) Bradley Batho, 4) Joey Batho, 5) Chris Bierce, 6) Matt Narzynski, 7) Gary Malloy Sr., 8) Jon Sheppard, 9) Nick McClendon, 10) Joe Wolfe

Saturday night was a warm one at Lebanon Valley, but the action was hot on the track. Marc Johnson ran down Brian Berger and took the lead in turn 3 coming to the white flag. From there, he held on to take his first victory at Lebanon Valley. “It’s been a long time coming and what a way to do it,” Johnson said after the race. “To do it from 11th and racing with the King, Tremont. Man, what a race in that lapped traffic. It had to be entertaining.” Timothy Davis started from the pole and ran well early on. Brian Berger, who was celebrating his 50th birthday, quickly moved up to second and began to pressure Davis for the point. On lap 4, a crash broke out in turn 4 involving Mark Flach Jr., Kyle Sheldon, J.R. Heffner and L.J. Lombardo to bring out the race’s only caution. Mark Flach Jr. and Lombardo were done for the night, while Heffner and Sheldon were able to continue. Berger was able to make short work of Davis on the restart and quickly began to pull away from the rest of the field. Further back, Kenny Tremont Jr. made a steady progression forward from eighth to third. Eddie Marshall started 16th and got to fifth by lap 10. Johnson started 11th and more or less followed Tremont up the order. When Tremont took second from Bobby Hackel, IV on lap 14, he immediately followed past. Berger pulled out to a good lead, but it shrank as he got into lapped traffic. Tremont was able to run down Berger in the closing laps, but could never make the run for the lead. On lap 28, Tremont slipped, which allowed Johnson to get past for second. A lap later, Johnson made the move for the win. Johnson won by a half-second over Berger. Tremont ended up third, followed by Marshall and Keith Flach. The Small Block Modifieds saw Olden Dwyer start from pole and run well early. Meanwhile, Jason Herrington snatched second from Frank Harper on lap 4 and set off in search of Dwyer. A crash on the frontstretch involving Bryan McGuire, Brian Sandstedt, Kim LaVoy and Joey Coppola brought out the yellow and bunched everyone back up. On the restart, Harper got Herrington back for second but slowed themselves up. That allowed Andy Bachetti to get up to the leaders and sweep all of them to take the lead. A late caution wiped out a big lead for Bachetti. Ultimately, he had to hold off Herrington to take his second win of the year. Harper was third, then Dwyer and Coppola. The Sportsman class made up their feature from May 8 Saturday night. Here, Coppola started from the pole and led early. Meanwhile, contact between Kevin Ward and Chris Lynch caused a chain reaction crash that brought out the early yellow. Early in the race, Rob Maxon was Coppola’s primary challenger at the front. However, John Virgilio was quickly moving up the order. Having started 13th, Virgilio avoided the chain reaction and got into the top five by halfway. A caution due to Whitey Slavin hitting the wall put everyone back together. Following a wave-off, Virgilio was able to get past Maxon for second and set off to get Coppola. Here, Coppola’s nerves showed. He anchored himself to the inside line instead of searching around for grip. Virgilio took advantage of the additional grip available towards the outside and ran down Coppola on the final lap. Coming to the checkered flag, Virgilio was able to get to the outside of Coppola and just beat him to the line by .017 of a second to take his second win of the year. Coppola was forced to settle for second, while Maxon was third. Walter Hammond Jr. was fourth, while Jeff Watson was fifth. The Pro Stock feature saw Nick Hilt start from the pole and get in front of Shawn Perez to establish a small lead. As the race continued to run, Scott Towslee moved up into contention. He was able to get past Perez on lap 6 for second and tried to run down Hilt. Further back, Jason Meltz was running well, slowly but surely moving up from the seventh starting spot. With five laps to go, Meltz got to Towslee and was able to slip past for second. Towslee wanted to get the spot back, but ran a little too hard into turns 3 and 4 and spun out. He was then hit by Dave Stickles to bring out the yellow. On the restart, Johnny Rivers and Zach Seyerlein locked wheels in turn 4 and crashed, bringing out a second yellow to set up a Green-White-Checker. On the GWC, Hilt was able to hold on to take his first win of the year. Meltz was second, followed by Chad Jeseo, Perez and Jay Fitzgerald. In Pure Stock Feature No. 1, Rocco Procopio started from the pole and was able to outdistance Keri VanDenburg into turn 1. In this race, Jeff Meltz Sr. and Chris Stalker were Procopio's biggest opponents, but they had to come from the back, along with John Devine. Procopio was able to open up a small lead in his No. 62 (which was originally a Cadillac, but the current bodywork makes that difficult to tell) while Stalker and Jeff Meltz Sr. gave chase. On the final lap, Devine attempted to make a late charge, but he ended up brushing the wall exiting turn 2. Procopio was able to hold on to take his first career victory. Jeff Meltz Sr. was second, then Stalker, Devine and VanDenburg. Pure Stock Feature No. 2 saw Dave Streibel Jr. start on pole, but Janai St. Pierre snatched the advantage away on the first lap. To keep herself up front, St. Pierre turned in some of the fastest Pure Stock laps of the entire evening. The only Pure Stock driver that was faster than St. Pierre Saturday night was Brian Walsh, who started sixth and was progressing up the order. On lap 4, Walsh collided with Jim Dellea and spun in turn 4 to bring out the race's only caution. Both drivers continued, but at the rear of the field. St. Pierre was able to hold off a late charge from Scott Kilmer to claim her first win of 2021. Kilmer was second, then Clifford Booth, Don Kennedy and Walsh. Pure Stock Feature No. 3 saw Shawn Perez hit the wall exiting turn 2 on the first lap and slide down the hill into Rob Partridge on the first lap to bring out a yellow. Mike Dianda also spun out on the restart, resulting in another. Craig Coons was able to get the lead away from Franklin Smith once the race finally got underway and managed to hold onto the advantage. Ultimately, this was a caution-strewn event as four cautions were thrown during the event and three other spins occurred that did not result in yellows. On the final restart with two laps to go, Partridge, recovered from his first-lap incident, was able to get past Coons in turn 2 to take the lead. From there, Partridge held on to take his second win of the year. Dylan Fachini, in his season debut, was second, then Coons, Chris Murphy and Ryan Brown. Madsen Overhead Doors Modified Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Marc Johnson, 2) Brian Berger, 3) Kenny Tremont Jr., 4) Eddie Marshall, 5) Keith Flach, 6) Brett Haas, 7) Andy Bachetti, 8) Bobby Hackel, IV, 9) Kolby Schroder, 10) Olden Dwyer, 11) J.R. Heffner, 12) Wayne Jelley, 13) Kyle Armstrong, 14) Jackie Brown Jr., 15) Kyle Sheldon, 16) Ricky Davis, 17) Chase Dowling, 18) Jeff Sukup, 19) Mike King, 20) Dan Humes, 21) Timothy Davis, 22) Ryan Darcy, 23) L.J. Lombardo, 24) Josh Marcus, 25) Rob Pitcher, 26) Mark Flach Jr. Small Block Modified Feature Results (24 laps): 1) Andy Bachetti, 2) Jason Herrington, 3) Frank Harper, 4) Olden Dwyer, 5) Joey Coppola, 6) Ryan Charland, 7) Chris Curtis, 8) Ray Hall Jr.*, 9) Brandon Lane, 10) Michael Sabia, 11) Alan Houghtaling, 12) Kevin Petrucci, 13) Montgomery Tremont, 14) Kim LaVoy, 15) Brian Peterson, 16) Ryan Larkin, 17) Bryan McGuire, 18) Brian Sandstedt, 19) John Lutes Jr. *- J.R. Heffner drove in the Small Block Modified feature in place of Ray Hall Jr. as a substitute driver. He will earn points for Hall. Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) John Virgilio, 2) Joey Coppola, 3) Rob Maxon, 4) Walter Hammond Jr., 5) Jeff Watson, 6) Nikki Ouellette, 7) Chris Lynch, 8) Walter J. Hammond, 9) Peter Carlotto, 10) Michael Sabia, 11) John Stowell, 12) Kevin Ward, 13) Jeff Reis, 14) Robbie Colburn, 15) Bob Fachini, 16) Matt Burke, 17) Kevin Ames, 18) John Santolin, 19) Dylan Grogan, 20) Alan Houghtaling, 21) Whitey Slavin, 22) Rob Hallaback, 23) Karl Barnes, 24) Greg DeCamp Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Nick Hilt, 2) Jason Meltz, 3) Chad Jeseo, 4) Shawn Perez, 5) Jay Fitzgerald, 6) Tom Dean*, 7) Tom O’Connor, 8) Zach Seyerlein, 9) Brian Keough, 10) Steven LaRochelle, 11) Johnny Rivers, 12) Scott Towslee, 13) Dave Stickles *- Scott Govertsen drove in the Pro Stock feature in place of Tom Dean as a substitute driver. Pure Stock Feature No. 1 Results (8 laps): 1) Rocco Procopio, 2) Jeff Meltz Sr., 3) John Devine, 4) Chris Stalker, 5) Keri VanDenburg, 6) Scott Morris, 7) Peter Huntoon, 8) Katarina Foster, 9) Christopher Brown Pure Stock Feature No. 2 Results (8 laps): 1) Janai St. Pierre, 2) Scott Kilmer, 3) Clifford Booth, 4) Don Kennedy, 5) Brian Walsh, 6) Dave Streibel Jr., 7) Jim Dellea, 8) Matt Kane, 9) Jethro Rossman Pure Stock Feature No. 3 Results (8 laps): 1) Rob Partridge, 2) Dylan Fachini, 3) Craig Coons, 4) Chris Murphy, 5) Ryan Brown, 6) Colby Kokosa, 7) Franklin Smith, 8) Mike Dianda, 9) Shawn Perez

Matt Sheppard passed NASCAR Camping World Truck Series regular Stewart Friesen with 33 laps to go and managed to hold off a charging Mat Williamson to win the Super DIRTcar Series Mr. DIRT Track U.S.A. at Lebanon Valley Speedway Monday night (May 31) and claim the winner’s check for $13,500. It is Sheppard’s second career Mr. DIRT Track U.S.A. victory (he previously won in 2016). “The track was just weird enough for us that it suited our style tonight and this car was really good off the trailer,” Sheppard said after the race. “Things just went our way.” Sheppard set the fast time in time trials (20.260 seconds), but got the worst selection in the redraw, resulting in a 10th-place starting spot. Friesen, who was second fastest in qualifying, drew second for the race alongside Kevin Root. Friesen wasted no time dispatching Root and taking the lead on the first lap. Once in the lead, Friesen ran away from the field. By lap 20, Friesen had a five-second lead over Root. That lead was erased a few laps later when Max McLaughlin, racing as a teammate to Keith Flach (who failed to qualify) cut his left rear tire. By that point, lapping had already begun. Lebanon Valley Modified points leader Andy Bachetti had been slowly working his way up from ninth starting spot and took second from Root on the restart. Bachetti raced Friesen as hard as he could for a couple of laps, but Friesen was able to hold him off, then open it up. In a change from normal, Lebanon Valley regulars, past and present, struggled. In addition to Keith Flach, drivers such as Eddie Marshall and Kyle Sheldon failed to qualify. Demetrios Drellos and Wayne Jelley got caught up in a big crash during their heat race and were done for the night. Kenny Tremont Jr. and Brett Hearn got in via the Last Chance Showdown. In Hearn's case, his race was over early as he was out on lap 14. L.J. Lombardo and Kyle Armstrong got the last two provisional starting spots. Lombardo’s race ended on lap 32 when he suffered a suspension failure. Tremont got lapped early, but eventually recovered, while Armstrong was done early as well. Bachetti began to fade shortly before halfway. That allowed Williamson to get past for second on lap 48. Sheppard followed on lap 57. Lapped traffic slowed Friesen, allowing both Williamson and Sheppard to catch up. At two-thirds’ distance, the three leaders were all together. That allowed Sheppard to overtake Williamson, then immediately put the pressure on Friesen. After making the pass for the lead on lap 68, Sheppard maintained the lead until a caution flew on lap 72 for Jack Lehner slowing on track. That brought everyone back together, fueling the scariest moment of the night. With 22 laps to go, Peter Britten rode up on the right rear of Larry Wight, flipping in turn 2 to bring out an immediate red flag. Luckily, Britten walked away from the incident. His night was over, but his car was not too heavily damaged. It will likely race again in the near future. Right after the restart, more contenders had issues. Bachetti's car appeared to suffer a broken driveshaft shortly after the restart. At the same time, Friesen's No. 44 began smoking. Two laps later, the car caught on fire due to a broken oil line. That ended Friesen's night and brought the final caution out. The final 19 laps saw Sheppard have to deal with two issues. One was Williamson, who would charge in on the Waterloo native, then drop back. The other was the fog settling in over Lebanon Valley, something that is more of a problem in the middle of the summer than in late May. Ronnie Johnson was running in a strong third, but faded in the final laps when mechanical issues struck. Max McLaughlin slowed from fourth with seven laps to go. Tremont, who had gotten back on the lead lap with the E-Z Pass, cut a tire with seven laps to go while running eighth and pitted. He would finish 16th, four laps down. In the final few laps, Williamson made one more charge on Sheppard, but he could not prevent the Super DIRTcar Series star from taking the spoils. It was only seven-tenths of a second back to Williamson at the finish. Marc Johnson was the best Lebanon Valley regular in third, seven seconds back. Chris Hile was fourth, while Brett Haas finished fifth. With all the attrition, only 10 of the 28 starters finished on the lead lap and 16 drivers finished. With Friesen's failure and 18th-place finish, his points lead is down to 39 over Sheppard. Williamson is third, then Max McLaughlin and Billy Decker. The Sportsman feature ran after the 100-lap main show and dealt with the same fog issues that the Mr. DIRT Track U.S.A. did. Chris Johnson, Marc Johnson's brother and a regular at Albany-Saratoga Speedway, started from the pole and led early. Unlike the main show, it was hard to get into a rhythm in this race. The first of what turned out to be seven cautions in the race came out due to a crash in turn 4 involving Matt Burke, Nikki Ouellette, Peter Carlotto and Michael Sabia. Shortly after the restart, Burke spun again exiting turn 4 after contact from Jeff Reis. Sportsman points leader John Virgilio was not immune to issues. His car slowed on lap 6 with a mechanical issue to draw a yellow. He was able to pit and make repairs, rejoining at the back of the field. Chris Johnson's primary challenger during the race was Joey Coppola. Coppola got right up to the No. 33J multiple times during the race, but was never able to get past. Any chance of Coppola snagging the win ended after the final caution flew on lap 15 due to an incident in turn 4 involving Ouellette and John Santolin. Lebanon Valley Speedway rules require that the leader gets to the start-finish line first on all restarts. Coppola substantially jumped the first attempt at the restart, resulting in a wave-off. Coppola was given a warning at that point. On the second attempt, Coppola did hold back quite a bit, but still managed to beat Chris Johnson to the start-finish line. The restart was waved off again and Coppola sent to the rear of the field for the violation. The violation put Jeff Watson up to second. Watson had a fast car, but Chris Johnson was able to get the jump on the restart and open a comfortable margin. Coming to the white flag, Rob Maxon made a banzai move on Watson in turns 3 and 4. Contact was made, resulting in both drivers losing control in front of most of the field. No caution was thrown, but everyone had to scatter to avoid the two stricken cars. Meanwhile, Chris Johnson was easily able to hold on for his first career victory at Lebanon Valley. New Hampshire native Walter J. Hammond snuck to the inside to avoid the incident on lap 19 to finish a career-best second, followed by Chris Lynch, Cody Ochs and John Virgilio. Maxon ended up ninth after his move, while Watson dragged his damaged car across the line in 20th. Inspectors did take umbrage with the carburetor on the winning No. 33J after the race. Officials made a call Tuesday morning to DIRTcar in order to inquire about the carburetor and its legality. A few hours later, the carb's legality was confirmed, locking Chris Johnson's victory in. In Pro Stock, Chad Jeseo snatched the lead away briefly from Jay Casey at the start, but Jason Meltz was able to lead the first lap in his No. 51 Chevrolet. Gary Silkey, making his season debut at Lebanon Valley, spun in turn 2 to bring out a yellow on lap 6. On the restart, Jeseo spun out of second in turn 2 after contact from Scott Towslee. Towslee was sent to the rear for his role in the incident. Jeseo was able to recover to finish sixth, while Towslee was eighth. Rob Yetman snatched second on the restart from Jay Casey and put the pressure on Meltz. After a number of laps, Yetman went to the outside in turn 2 and made the pass stick on lap 13. From there, Yetman was able to open up a gap and win his first Pro Stock race at Lebanon Valley since 2019. Meltz was second, then Jay Casey and Jason Casey. Steven LaRochelle was fifth. Super DIRTcar Series Mr. DIRT Track U.S.A. Results (100 laps): 1) Matt Sheppard, 2) Mat Williamson, 3) Marc Johnson, 4) Chris Hile, 5) Brett Haas, 6) Erick Rudolph, 7) Mike Mahaney, 8) Larry Wight, 9) Ronnie Johnson, 10) Jack Lehner, 11) Jimmy Phelps, 12) Mark Flach Jr., 13) Kevin Root, 14) Jordan McCreadie, 15) Billy Decker, 16) Kenny Tremont Jr., 17) Max McLaughlin, 18) Stewart Friesen, 19) Andy Bachetti, 20) Peter Britten, 21) Tim Sears Jr., 22) Kolby Schroder, 23) J.R. Heffner, 24) L.J. Lombardo, 25) Kyle Armstrong, 26) Brett Hearn, 27) Brandon Walters, 28) Olden Dwyer. DNQ: Dan Humes, Tyler Dippel, Timothy Davis, Chase Dowling, C.G. Morey, Marcus Dinkins, Rob Pitcher, Chris Curtis, Kyle Sheldon, Keith Flach, Wayne Jelley, Dave Rauscher, Mike King, Ricky Davis, Josh Marcus, Jackie Brown Jr., Bobby Hackel, IV, Eddie Marshall, Demetrios Drellos Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Chris Johnson, 2) Walter J. Hammond, 3) Chris Lynch, 4) Cody Ochs, 5) John Virgilio, 6) Joey Coppola, 7) Walter Hammond Jr., 8) Dylan Gibson, 9) Rob Maxon, 10) Michael Sabia, 11) Jacob Perry, 12) Karl Barnes, 13) Kevin Ward, 14) Jeff Reis, 15) Chris Bisson, 16) John Santolin, 17) Nikki Ouellette, 18) Kevin Ames, 19) Greg DeCamp, 20) Jeff Watson, 21) Matt Burke, 22) Whitey Slavin, 23) John Stowell, 24) Peter Carlotto, 25) Robbie Colburn, 26) Shane Powell, 27) Dick Bisson Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Rob Yetman, 2) Jason Meltz, 3) Jay Casey, 4) Jason Casey, 5) Steven LaRochelle, 6) Chad Jeseo, 7) Johnny Rivers, 8) Scott Towslee, 9) Nick Hilt, 10) Rich Crane, 11) Zach Seyerlein, 12) Jay Fitzgerald, 13) Tom Dean, 14) Mike Baker, 15) Doug Olds, 16) Shawn Perez, 17) Gary Silkey, 18) Eli Gilbert, 19) Dave Stickles

Warm weather and dry conditions greeted teams and race fans Saturday night at Lebanon Valley as the memory of Scott Kurtzner was celebrated with extra money in the purses for each race. The dry weather led to a series of issues, but Andy Bachetti passed J.R. Heffner with less than three laps to go to take his second win of the year. “We definitely had a great race car tonight,” Bachetti said after the race. “I think we’re firing on all eight cylinders right now.” Brian Berger started from the pole and led early. Unlike the first two Modified features of the year, this one had more interruptions. The trouble started early when a chain reaction incident wrapped up Keith Flach, who was making his season debut, in turn 4. Flach recovered and eventually finished 10th. J.R. Heffner was the man to beat on May 15th before engine woes knocked him out early. Here, he proved to be just as fast. Starting fourth, Heffner quickly moved up to second in the short stints of action between cautions. After a yellow due to issues for Marc Johnson, Heffner was able to get past Berger to take the lead on lap 7. Further back, Bachetti was making his way forward from 15th starting spot. He was able to sweep past slower traffic and moved up to fourth by lap 10. Following another yellow due to Johnson’s issues, Bachetti was able to sweep into second past both Berger and Ricky Davis on the restart. From there, Heffner and Bachetti were able to run away with the proceedings. A couple of cautions at halfway brought everyone back together, but no one could run with Bachetti or Heffner. Heffner pulled out a decent advantage, but faded late in the going, allowing Bachetti to run him back down in the closing laps. Once Bachetti got past on lap 28, he pulled away to take an easy victory. May 15th winner L.J. Lombardo made his own charge from 14th on the grid to finish in a strong third. Kolby Schroder was fourth, while Eddie Marshall was fifth. Through three races, Bachetti has a 24-point lead over Lombardo, with Marshall third, then Kyle Sheldon and Johnson. Sportsman teams had $2076 on the line for the winner of the Andrew Sherman Memorial. 33 cars turned out for the race, and it was a rough one. Jeff Watson started from pole by virtue of winning his heat race and led early. The rough action started quickly as a crash on the backstretch wrapped up Ray Hall Jr., Matt Burke, Dylan Gibson and Joey Coppola. Hall was eliminated on the spot, while the others made repairs and continued. Later on, another multi-car crash on the backstretch saw Shane Powell nearly get up on his side. This incident, which also involved Gibson, Jeff Reis and Dave Fachini, caused a brief red flag. Everyone managed to continue. Watson ended up in a side-by-side battle for the lead with Peter Carlotto. Carlotto briefly had the advantage on lap 6, but Watson got it back. Through all of this, defending class champion John Virgilio was quickly moving up the order after starting in 14th. The Watson-Carlotto battle distracted the two drivers, allowing Virgilio to get the drop on Carlotto and steal second after his unsuccessful run for the lead. After another restart, Virgilio was able to get the lead away from Watson. However, the wrecking was not over. The biggest wreck of the night saw Garrett Poland hit the wall hard in turn 1 and nearly flip over before John Santolin, Dylan Grogan got involved. The drivers were ok, but another red flag flew for cleanup purposes. Virgilio was able to pull away in the final five laps to claim the $2076 first prize. While it looked like Virgilio had a great Bicknell chassis during the race, it was not really so at all. This victory was the result of overcoming a heat race crash and dealing with a bent race car, as he describes in this video. Watson was second, followed by Kevin Ward, Carlotto and Rob Maxon. Unlike the Modified and Sportsman races, the Pro Stock race was clean. Jay Fitzgerald, driving a repaired No. 56 after a crash on May 15th, started from the pole. From here, Fitzgerald was able to open a small gap while Dave Stickles and Shawn Perez fought for second. Johnny Rivers was able to eventually pass them both and move his Team Repo No. 14J into second on lap 7. Further back, Chad Jeseo was attempting to move forward from his 10th starting spot, but found the going rather difficult. Fitzgerald was able to turn in the fastest laps out there, nearly a quarter of a second faster than the field. As a result, he was able to lead flag-to-flag to take his first Pro Stock win at Lebanon Valley. Rivers was second, then Steven LaRochelle, Jason Meltz and Jeseo. Pure Stock feature No. 1 saw Franklin Smith start on the pole, but he immediately lost the lead to Keri VanDenburg in turn 2. Brian Walsh got an incredible start from sixth and was up to third by turn 3 on the first lap. Here, Walsh was able to dive to the inside and get past VanDenburg to snatch the lead before the lap was even complete. Following Walsh up through the field was Jeff Meltz Sr. and John Devine. Together, the three drivers pulled away from the rest of the pack. Jeff Meltz Sr. attempted to make a move on Walsh, but never quite got there. Walsh was able to hold on to take his first win of the year. Jeff Meltz Sr. was second, then Devine. Janai St. Pierre was fourth, followed by VanDenburg. While the first Pure Stock feature was fairly quiet, the second was anything but. On the initial start, Scott Morris spun on the frontstretch and nosed into the outside wall after contact from Rob Partridge. Partridge was judged responsible for the incident and was sent to the rear as a result. In addition, pole sitter Dave Streibel Jr. and Jethro Rossman also spun out. Since they were involved in the incident, Rocco Procopio ended up in the lead for the restart. A couple of laps after the restart, an additional spin for Partridge brought out the yellow. At the same time, Procopio spun out in turn 2 and was hit by Chris Stalker and Chris Calkbro. All three were done for the day. Clifford Booth inherited the lead in his Monte Carlo-based truck, but had Ryan Brown pressuring him. Brown, driving a different chassis than he typically races, ran down Booth and snatched the lead with two laps to go. From there, he held on to take his first career victory. Partridge recovered for second, then Morris, Streibel and Booth. The 4-Cylinder feature saw Jim Guertin start on pole in his Honda Prelude and lead early. Lucas Ballard ended up running him down and taking the overall lead on lap 4. A yellow for Tim Meltz stalling on-course resulted in the field bunching back together for the second half of the race. With help from his crew, Tim Meltz was able to get his No. 515 back underway in time for the restart. After being held at the end of pit road, he rejoined the pack at the direction of officials towards the back. From there, the No. 515 began a charge towards the front of the Single-cam class. At the very front, Brandon Ely was able to run down Ballard and slip past coming to two laps to go. Shortly afterwards was the scariest moment of the night when John Wright's Acura Integra caught fire, forcing him to bail on the backstretch. Wright was ok, but the resulting caution resulted in a one-lap shootout. Ely was able to run away from the pack to score his second overall and Dual-Cam win of the year over Ballard and Guertin. Mike Duncan was fourth, while Steve Burbank was fifth. In Single-Cam, Tim Meltz was able to get an excellent final restart and get past Victor Duncan Jr., denying the Prelude driver his second straight victory. Tim was able to get his previous-generation Prelude up to third overall to take the Single-Cam win over Victor Duncan Jr., Luke Williams, Bradley Batho and Matt Narzynski. Bonded Concrete Modified Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Andy Bachetti, 2) J.R. Heffner, 3) L.J. Lombardo, 4) Kolby Schroder, 5) Eddie Marshall, 6) Kyle Sheldon, 7) Brian Berger, 8) Brett Haas, 9) Ricky Davis, 10) Keith Flach, 11) Jackie Brown Jr., 12) Kenny Tremont Jr., 13) Olden Dwyer, 14) Dan Humes, 15) Marc Johnson, 16) Ryan Darcy, 17) Josh Marcus, 18) Wayne Jelley, 19) Mike King, 20) Kyle Armstrong, 21) Timothy Davis, 22) Bobby Hackel, IV, 23) Kenny Aanonsen, III, 24) Mark Flach Jr., 25) Rob Pitcher Sportsman Andrew Sherman Memorial Results (20 laps): 1) John Virgilio, 2) Jeff Watson, 3) Kevin Ward, 4) Peter Carlotto, 5) Rob Maxon, 6) Chris Lynch, 7) Whitey Slavin, 8) Michael Sabia, 9) Joey Coppola, 10) John Stowell, 11) Walter Hammond Jr., 12) Karl Barnes, 13) Jacob Perry, 14) Dylan Gibson, 15) Nikki Ouellette, 16) Dave Fachini, 17) Robbie Colburn, 18) Kevin Ames, 19) Dylan Grogan, 20) Jeff Reis, 21) Shane Powell, 22) Garrett Poland, 23) John Santolin, 24) Matt Burke, 25) Frank Twing Jr., 26) Harold Robitaille, 27) Walter J. Hammond, 28) Peter Lorenzo, 29) Ryan Heath, 30) Ray Hall Jr., 31) Alan Houghtaling, 32) Bob Fachini, 33) Chris Johnson Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Jay Fitzgerald, 2) Johnny Rivers, 3) Steven LaRochelle, 4) Jason Meltz, 5) Chad Jeseo, 6) Zach Seyerlein, 7) Shawn Perez, 8) Dave Stickles, 9) Scott Towslee, 10) Brian Keough, 11) Doug Olds, 12) Tom O’Connor, 13) Tom Dean, 14) Nick Hilt Pure Stock Feature No. 1 Results (10 laps): 1) Brian Walsh, 2) Jeff Meltz Sr., 3) John Devine, 4) Chris Murphy, 5) Keri VanDenburg, 6) Janai St. Pierre, 7) Franklin Smith, 8) Shawn Perez, 9) Christopher Brown, 10) Peter Huntoon, 11) Wayne Mahar Pure Stock Feature No. 2 Results (10 laps): 1) Ryan Brown, 2) Rob Partridge, 3) Scott Morris, 4) Clifford Booth, 5) Jethro Rossman, 6) Mike Dianda, 7) Dave Streibel Jr., 8) Katarina Foster, 9) Rocco Procopio, 10) Chris Calkbro, 11) Chris Stalker 4-Cylinder Dual-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Brandon Ely, 2) Lucas Ballard, 3) Jim Guertin, 4) Mike Duncan, 5) Steve Burbank, 6) Doug Howe, 7) Garrett Biagiarelli, 8) John Wright, 9) Jim Williams 4-Cylinder Single-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Tim Meltz, 2) Victor Duncan Jr., 3) Luke Williams, 4) Bradley Batho, 5) Matt Narzynski, 6) Althea Roy, 7) Joe Wolfe, 8) Chris Bierce, 9) Gary Malloy Sr., 10) Joey Batho

For 2021, L.J. Lombardo is racing full-time, splitting his time between full-time schedules at both Lebanon Valley and Albany-Saratoga, along with substantial Super DIRTcar Series and Short Track Super Series. The extra time working on his cars came in handy Saturday night. Olden Dwyer started from the pole after winning his heat and ran well early on. Meanwhile, after an early caution, Mark Flach Jr. was able to move up into second. The field bunched up on lap 5 after Timothy Davis cut a tire to bring out a yellow. On the restart, Flach was able to get past Dwyer for the lead, bringing J.R. Heffner along for the ride. Flach’s time at the front was very short-lived as Heffner took the lead away on the next lap. Once out front, Heffner pulled out to a big lead on the field. Meanwhile, Lombardo was on the move as well, snatching second on lap 9. He didn’t seem to have much for Heffner, but engine issues struck the Valatie native on lap 13, ending Heffner’s night. With Heffner out, Lombardo inherited a substantial lead with Dwyer in second. He was able to pull away from the pack. Marc Johnson entered the picture in the closing laps, but could do nothing to prevent Lombardo from winning. “I think [J.R.’s car] fired better than mine [off the corner], but we were reeling him back in on long runs,” Lombardo said after the race. “That long, long green flag run when he broke and I led the rest of the race? Had that stayed green with me in second, we would have had a good race for the win. I think we had a good enough car to get to him, but getting to him and getting past are two different things.” Johnson passed Dwyer with four laps to go for second. Eddie Marshall was fourth, while Andy Bachetti was fifth. In Small Block Modified competition, Dwyer was on pole here as well. On the opening lap of the race, Ryan Larkin and Adam Gage both spun out in turn 2 to bring out a yellow. Opening night winner Bachetti also got a piece of the incident and was forced to pit for repairs. He would continue at the rear of the field. On the restart, Jason Herrington was able to get past Dwyer and take the lead. Once out front, Harrington was able to drive away in a hurry. A quick yellow for a Brandon Lane spin bunched everyone back up, but Harrington ran away again to an eight-second lead. Meanwhile, Bachetti was slowly making his way back up the order after his pit stop. By lap 10, he was seventh. A couple of laps later, he was in the top five. Herrington was cruising until a collision between Kim LaVoy and Ryan Larkin brought out a yellow with three laps to go. By that point, Bachetti was up to third. On the restart, Bachetti made short work of Joey Coppola for second, but could not prevent Herrington from taking the win. Bachetti was second, then Coppola, Ray Hall Jr. and Brian Sandstedt. The Pro Stock class saw Nick Hilt start from the pole and lead early. Meanwhile, Tom Dean was holding off Dave Stickles and Shawn Perez for second. A quick spin for Doug Olds brought out the caution for the first time on lap 5. This brought everyone back together, to the benefit of Chad Jeseo, who had started 10th and was slowly advancing. On the restart, Stickles and Perez came together exiting turn 2 while fighting for second. Perez ended up hitting the wall hard, ending his night. The scramble resulted in Dean regaining second-place, but with Jeseo on his tail. It did not take long for Jeseo to dispatch Dean for second and set his sights on Hilt. A chain-reaction incident in turn 3 involving Scott Towslee, Tony Markou and Johnny Rivers Jr. brought out another yellow on lap 11. Once the race restarted, Jeseo immediately started pressuring Hilt. Much like opening night, Hilt went a little too high in turn 1 on lap 16. That was all Jeseo needed to get the lead. Once there, he held to take his second straight win. Hilt was second, then Dean, Zach Seyerlein and Towslee. In Pure Stock, Rob Partridge won a make-up feature from May 8. Jeff Meltz Sr., John Devine and Hunter Sanchez each won regular features. Sanchez then went on to win the Boomer’s Performance Purestock Clash. In 4-Cylinders, Brandon Ely won the race overall and the Dual-Cam class. Victor Duncan Jr. won the Single-cam class. Contractor Sales/Boomer’s Performance Modified Feature Results (30 laps): 1) L.J. Lombardo, 2) Marc Johnson, 3) Olden Dwyer, 4) Eddie Marshall, 5) Andy Bachetti, 6) Mark Flach Jr., 7) Kyle Sheldon, 8) Matt Williamson, 9) Rob Pitcher, 10) Brett Haas, 11) Ricky Davis, 12) Kolby Schroder, 13) Bobby Hackel, IV, 14) Wayne Jelley, 15) Kenny Tremont Jr., 16) Mike King, 17) Jackie Brown Jr., 18) Kyle Armstrong, 19) Timothy Davis, 20) Dan Humes, 21) Josh Marcus, 22) J.R. Heffner, 23) Denny Soltis, 24) Chase Dowling, 25) John Ruchel, 26) Paul Gilardi, 27) Brian Berger, 28) Dave McFeeters, 29) Ryan Darcy Small Block Modified Feature Results (24 laps): 1) Jason Herrington, 2) Andy Bachetti, 3) Joey Coppola, 4) Ray Hall Jr., 5) Brian Sandstedt, 6) Ryan Charland, 7) Alan Houghtaling, 8) Adam Gage, 9) Brandon Lane, 10) Bryan McGuire, 11) Kim LaVoy, 12) Ryan Larkin, 13) Brian Peterson, 14) Frank Harper, 16) Montgomery Tremont, 16) Mike Sabia, 17) Olden Dwyer, 18) John Lutes Jr., 19) Bob Hackel, III Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Chad Jeseo, 2) Nick Hilt, 3) Tom Dean, 4) Zach Seyerlein, 5) Scott Towslee, 6) Jason Meltz, 7) Tony Markou, 8) Dave Stickles, 9) Doug Olds, 10) Steven LaRochelle, 11) Tom O’Connor, 12) Johnny Rivers, 13) Shawn Perez, 14) Brian Keough, 15) Jay Fitzgerald Pure Stock Feature No. 1 (from May 8, 8 laps): 1) Chris Stalker, 2) Clifford Booth, 3) John Devine, 4) Don Kennedy, 5) Franklin Smith, 6) Jethro Rossman, 7) Craig Coons, 8) Keri VanDenburg, 9) Christopher Brown, 10) Dave Streibel Jr., 11) Scott Kilmer Pure Stock Feature No. 2 (from May 8, 8 laps): 1) Rob Partridge, 2) Jeff Meltz Sr., 3) Hunter Sanchez, 4) Ryan Brown, 5) Jim Dellea, 6) Brian Walsh, 7) Shawn Perez, 8) Colby Kokosa, 9) Janai St. Pierre, 10) Scott Morris, 11) Rocco Procopio Pure Stock Feature No. 1 (May 15, 8 laps): 1) Jeff Meltz Sr., 2) Scott Morris, 3) Brian Walsh, 4) Zach Sorrentino, 5) Ryan Brown, 6) Mike Dianda, 7) Dave Streibel Jr., 8) Craig Coons, 9) Colby Kokosa Pure Stock Feature No. 2 (May 15, 8 laps): 1) John Devine, 2) Clifford Booth, 3) Chris Stalker, 4) Janai St. Pierre, 5) Keri VanDenburg, 6) Franklin Smith, 7) Wayne Mahar, 8) Rocco Procopio, 9) Shawn Perez Pure Stock Feature No. 3 (May 15, 8 laps): 1) Hunter Sanchez, 2) Jim Dellea, 3) Jethro Rossman, 4) Katarina Foster, 5) Christopher Brown, 6) Rob Partridge, 7) Scott Kilmer, 8) Don Kennedy Boomer’s Performance Purestock Clash (20 laps): 1) Hunter Sanchez, 2) Jeff Meltz Sr., 3) John Devine, 4) Chris Stalker, 5) Janai St. Pierre, 6) Clifford Booth, 7) Brian Walsh, 8) Jethro Rossman, 9) Ryan Brown, 10) Christopher Brown, 11) Franklin Smith, 12) Katarina Foster, 13) Rob Partridge, 14) Zach Sorrentino, 15) Keri VanDenburg, 16) Scott Morris, 17) Jim Dellea, 18) Mike Dianda, 19) Dave Streibel Jr., 20) Wayne Mahar, 21) Scott Kilmer 4-Cylinder Single-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Victor Duncan Jr., 2) Joe Wolfe, 3) Bradley Batho, 4) Althea Roy, 5) Chris Bierce, 6) Matt Narzynski, 7) Jacob McDonald, 8) Joey Batho, 9) Tim Meltz, 10) Luke Williams, 11) Gary Malloy Sr. 4-Cylinder Dual-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Brandon Ely, 2) Doug Howe, 3) Jim Williams, 4) Mike Duncan, 5) Lucas Ballard, 6) Steve Burbank, 7) John Wright, 8) Shawn Briggs, 9) Jim Guertin

Race fans and race teams were hoping to take in a full night of racing Saturday night at Lebanon Valley Speedway. Unfortunately, wet weather prevented this from taking place in full. Cool weather and persistent showers resulted in the card being cancelled after three heat races and one feature were completed. The Sportsman class was able to get all of their scheduled heat races completed. These races were won by Joey Coppola, Peter Carlotto and Rob Maxon. As a result, the Sportsman class should have double features at some point down the line. We'll keep you updated as to when that will happen. One of the Pure Stock races was also able to run, and this one had some action in it. Craig Coons started on the pole and ran well early in his Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Meanwhile, Chris Stalker, who won on opening night, was quickly moving up the order from seventh on the grid. By halfway, Stalker was up to third and putting the pressure on Coons. It did not take long for Stalker to take his No. 177 to the lead. Shortly afterwards, Don Kennedy spun exiting turn 2 after being hit from behind by Scott Kilmer to bring out a yellow. Kennedy was able to continue and the field bunched back up. There had been a light shower for the entirety of the race up to this point. However, it began to rain a little harder. On the restart, Dave Streibel Jr. had moved up to second and looked to pressure Stalker for the lead. However, Streibel spun his No. 73 in turn 2. Something appeared to break in the right rear of Streibel's car, allowing it to dig . Streibel ended up rolling over once, peeling the roof back on his car. Coons, Clifford Booth and John Devine were also wrapped up in the crash. Streibel was ok afterwards, but his car needed help from the tow truck operator just to be loaded onto its trailer. The red flag was thrown to clean up the incident. The conditions had deteriorated slightly more during the red flag, resulting in a slippery three-lap run to the finish. Stalker pulled away to take a dominant victory by 6.169 seconds over Booth. Devine was third, followed by Scott Kilmer and Kennedy. The Modified heat races were scheduled to be next, but by that point, the surface was no longer raceable. Lebanon Valley Auto Racing (LVAR) officials chose to stop the program here to wait out the rain. About a half-hour later, the decision was made to cancel. As per LVAR policy, any night of racing that is called off before the full complement of heat races is completed falls under the rain check policy. Keep your ticket stubs on hand if you were at the track Saturday night. If you show it at the gate on May 15, you will be allowed free entry. Pure Stock Feature No. 1 Results (8 laps): 1) Chris Stalker, 2) Clifford Booth, 3) John Devine, 4) Scott Kilmer, 5) Don Kennedy, 6) Franklin Smith, 7) Jethro Rossman, 8) Craig Coons, 9) Keri Vandenburg, 10) Dave Streibel Jr., 11) Christopher Brown

Saturday night marked the 69th season opener to be held at Lebanon Valley Speedway. Those in attendance were psyched to see some good racing. For Andy Bachetti, he wanted to start his year off right and he did exactly that. By virtue of posting the fastest time in a time trial April 25 during the second warm-up day, Bachetti claimed the pole for the feature with Kenny Tremont Jr. alongside. When the green came out, Bachetti opened up a small lead on the pack. An early caution due to a crash for Ricky Davis in turn 3 brought the pack back together at turn 3. Ricky, who has raced full-time at Albany-Saratoga Speedway in recent years, was done for the night. Once the race restarted, an elite group formed at the front of the field. This was composed of Bachetti, Tremont, Marc Johnson, the visiting Mat Williamson and Brett Haas. These five drivers pulled away from the rest of the field. Further back, Timothy Davis, who will run Big Blocks full-time in 2021, hit the wall exiting turn 4 on lap 17 to bring out a yellow. Another yellow a couple of laps later for issues involving Mark Flach Jr. kept the field bunched up. When the race restarted with 11 laps to go, Williamson made his move. Shortly after the restart, he took third from Johnson and challenged Tremont. The move to take the spot was done with four laps to go, but Williamson could not run down Bachetti and prevent the Sheffield, Mass. native from taking the win. “It was good,” Bachetti said afterwards. “We had pretty good race cars tonight, good performance. We had good starting spots for sure, but I’ll take [the wins] any way I can get them.” Williamson ended up second, 2.668 seconds back. Tremont was third, then Johnson and Haas. In the Small Block Modifieds, Frank Harper won the first heat and claimed the pole as a result. Bachetti started alongside and stalked Harper for the first couple of laps. On lap 3, Bachetti made his move and took away the lead. From there, he slowly but surely pulled away from the remainder of the field. Harper ended up falling back into a battle with Ryan Charland. After a few laps of fighting, Charland cleared Harper on lap 10 and opened up his own. On this evening, no one in a small block could run with Bachetti as he pulled away to a dominant victory by 7.108 seconds. Charland finished second, followed by Harper. Kim LaVoy finished fourth, while Ray Hall Jr. was fifth. In Sportsman, Chris Lynch knew exactly what he needed to do Saturday night after the drivers’ meeting. He needed to win his heat race and go from there. Sure enough, Lynch won the first heat race and led the 30-car field to green. Alongside was Michael Sabia, who ran Lynch hard in the early laps. The race ended up being fairly clean until Jim Boardman had a right front issue and slowed on track to bring out the yellow on lap 8. At the same time, Joey Coppola hit the wall in turn 2, ending his night. Just after the restart was the scariest moment of the night. Walter Hammond Jr. spun on the frontstretch while running eighth. This led to a scramble as everyone dodged. Rob Maxon spun into the inside wall and Zack Granacker ended up hitting Hammond. Luckily, no one was injured, but the red flag was thrown to clean up the track. One driver making a charge up the order was John Virgilio. The past Sportsman champ started 11th and moved into the top three behind Lynch and Sabia. A crash involving Boardman, Angelo DiCarlo and Shane Powell set up a four-lap sprint to the finish. Virgilio was able to get past Sabia for second with a couple of laps to go, but he could not prevent Lynch from leading flag-to-flag to claim the win. Virgilio was second, then Sabia, Kevin Ward and Peter Carlotto. The Pro Stock class saw Scott Towslee start from pole with the heads-up start. Early on, he showed that he had a lot of speed, pulling away from the pack. Chad Jeseo dropped back early on. Around the midpoint of the race, Jeseo’s car came into it’s own. That good feeling allowed Jeseo to retake second from Steven LaRochelle. He then ran down Towslee, who was running well. On lap 10, Towslee went a little high in turn 2. That was all Jeseo needed in order to snatch the lead. From there, Jeseo pulled out a small lead and held on to take the opening night victory. Towslee finished second, followed by LaRochelle, Jason Meltz and Johnny Rivers. In Pure Stock, Chris Stalker, John Devine and Jeff Meltz Sr. each claimed victories. Modified Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Andy Bachetti, 2) Mat Williamson, 3) Kenny Tremont Jr., 4) Marc Johnson, 5) Brett Haas, 6) Kyle Sheldon, 7) Bobby Hackel, IV, 8) Eddie Marshall, 9) J.R. Heffner, 10) Wayne Jelley, 11) Jackie Brown Jr., 12) Kyle Armstrong, 13) L.J. Lombardo, 14) Denny Soltis, 15) Kolby Schroder, 16) Rob Pitcher, 17) Mike King, 18) Brian Berger, 19) Mark Flach Jr., 20) Timothy Davis, 21) Josh Marcus, 22) John Ruchel, 23) Dan Humes, 24) Jeff Sukup, 25) Kenny Aanonsen III, 26) Paul Gilardi, 27) Ricky Davis, 28) Ken McGuire, 29) Olden Dwyer Small Block Modified Feature Results (24 laps): 1) Andy Bachetti, 2) Ryan Charland, 3) Frank Harper, 4) Kim LaVoy, 5) Ray Hall Jr., 6) Ryan Larkin, 7) Brandon Lane, 8) Joey Coppola, 9) Michael Sabia, 10) Alan Houghtaling, 11) Brian Sandstedt, 12) Bryan McGuire, 13) Alissa Cody, 14) John Lutes Jr., 15) Jason Herrington, 16) Olden Dwyer, 17) Montgomery Tremont Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Chris Lynch, 2) John Virgilio, 3) Michael Sabia, 4) Kevin Ward, 5) Peter Carlotto, 6) Jeff Watson, 7) Walter J. Hammond, 8) John Stowell, 9) Whitey Slavin, 10) Jacob Perry, 11) Robby Knipe, 12) Karl Barnes, 13) Matt Burke, 14) Angelo DiCarlo, 15) Nick Plumstead, 16) John Santolin, 17) Robbie Colburn, 18) Shane Powell, 19) Keith Patnode, 20) Jim Boardman, 21) Kevin Ames, 22) Alan Houghtaling, 23) Walter Hammond Jr., 24) Rob Maxon, 25) Nikki Ouellette, 26) Jake Granacker, 27) Joey Coppola, 28) Rob Hallaback, 29) Keith Johannessen, 30) Frank Twing Jr. Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Chad Jeseo, 2) Scott Towslee, 3) Steven LaRochelle, 4) Jason Meltz, 5) Johnny Rivers, 6) Zach Seyerlein, 7) Jay Fitzgerald, 8) Shawn Perez, 9) Tom O’Connor, 10) Ed Bishop, 11) Dave Stickles, 12) Tom Dean, 13) Nick Hilt, 14) Mike Slauson Pure Stock Feature No. 1 Results (8 laps): 1) Chris Stalker, 2) Rocco Procopio, 3) Dave Streibel Jr., 4) Don Kennedy, 5) Rob Partridge, 6) Jim Dellea, 7) Shawn Perez Jr., 8) Craig Coons, 9) Jay Casey Pure Stock Feature No. 2 Results (8 laps): 1) John Devine, 2) Brian Walsh, 3) Clifford Booth, 4) Janai St. Pierre, 5) Scott Morris, 6) Chris Murphy, 7) Jethro Rossman, 8) Ryan Brown Pure Stock Feature No. 3 Results (8 laps): 1) Jeff Meltz Sr., 2) Scott Kilmer, 3) Colby Kokosa, 4) Zach Sorrentino, 5) Franklin Smith, 6) Christopher Brown, 7) Keri Vandenburg, 8) Peter Huntoon

Saturday night was the final night of points racing at Lebanon Valley Speedway for the 2020 season.  There were plenty of points battles to be had on the high banks. In the Modifieds, Andy Bachetti entered Saturday with a 28-point lead over Kenny Tremont Jr.  Staying out of trouble was imperative.  It found him Denny Soltis started from the pole and ran well early.  Rob Pitcher started on the inside of the front row and immediately put the pressure on the veteran racer.  Soltis was able to use the outside line to hold off Pitcher’s charge.  On Lap 7, Pitcher was able to get the lead from Soltis exiting Turn 4.  Wayne Jelley and J.R. Heffner followed past into second and third. Once out front, Pitcher began to pull away from Jelley.  Meanwhile, Soltis was challenged for fourth by Brett Haas.  Haas battled until an unusual right rear tire explosion resulted in a crash that also involved Marc Johnson and Kolby Schroder to bring out the first yellow.  Schroder and Haas were done while Johnson was able to continued and finish eighth. Bachetti ran into trouble on Lap 20 when he had contact with Eddie Marshall, cutting his left rear tire.  With the benefit of a yellow, Bachetti was able to change his tire and get back out.  He would finish 11th.  With Kenny Tremont Jr. having issues, that was enough to claim the title. Despite dealing with a glowing right rear brake rotor for the entire race and tires going away, Pitcher held on over the final 10 laps to take the victory. “We had a really good car tonight,” Pitcher said afterwards.  “We made a bunch of changes before the feature.  I didn’t really know what was going to happen, but we ended up with a fast race car, so it all worked out.” Mark Flach Jr. made a late charge to finish second, followed by Jelley.  Keith Flach was fourth, while Marshall was fifth. The Small Block Modified class had the closest championship battle of the night as five drivers were within 13 points.  Brandon Lane started from the pole and had his best run of the season, holding off the field through the first half of the race. The man on the move was Jason Herrington, the longest shot of the championship contenders.  He started seventh and methodically made his way up the order, moving past Chris Curtis into second on Lap 10. Meanwhile, Haas was leading the points by just one over Timothy Davis entering the race.  He had a heck of a time moving up the order and spent much of the race in seventh or eighth.  Davis was able to stay in front of Haas while the Pittsfield native did battle with Bachetti. Harrington ran down Lane and took the lead on Lap 15.  From there, Herrington pulled away to take the victory. Lane held on for a career-best second.  Olden Dwyer was third, while Davis crossed the line in fourth.  That would have been good enough for the title, but he failed to make weight.  The disqualification moved Curtis up to fourth and Haas fifth.  That gave Haas the title by one point over Herrington. The Sportsman class saw Angelo DiCarlo start on pole and lead early.  A couple of laps into the race, Robbie Colburn spun in Turn 2 after slight contact from John Stowell. Colburn was able to continue with a little assistance and would eventually finish 18th. DiCarlo led on the restart, but went too high in Turn 4. That allowed Nathan Johnson to slip past on the inside and take the lead. DiCarlo was able to hold off Gary O'Brien for second. A quick spin for Karl Barnes brought out another yellow on Lap 5. Following that restart, Johnson began to pull away from the rest of the pack. DiCarlo had his hands full with O'Brien, while Pat Jones was right there as well. DiCarlo ran well until he was eliminated in a multi-car crash in Turn 4 with Gary O’Brien.  Nikki Ouellette, Jacob Perry, Matt Burke and Keith Johannessen were also collected. O'Brien and DiCarlo were out on the spot after that wreck. Johannessen’s night only got worse from there as he crashed hard into the wall right after the restart. Johannessen's No. 4NY was heavily damaged and done for the night. Just getting the car onto the trailer at the end of the night ended up being quite the chore. The big wreck that eliminated DiCarlo and O'Brien put Jones up to second. Over the final laps, Jones stalked Johnson, but he was unable to prevent the New Hampshire native and former pavement racer from taking his first Sportsman victory at Lebanon Valley. "We've been struggling this year," Nathan Johnson said in victory lane. "I gotta thank Matt, Bob Hearn, my uncle and all my crew. They've been putting in a lot of hours and a lot of work to get this thing where it needs to be." Jones just barely held off Joey Coppola for second, while Ryan Larkin and John Virgilio finished fourth and fifth respectively.  Virgilio’s fifth-place finish was enough to give him his third Sportsman title. Pro Stock saw Chad Jeseo clinch the title by signing in at the track.  The feature itself had its moments. By luck of the draw, Jason Casey started from the pole and managed to control the race.  His father, Jay Casey, took second on the start.  The plan was to pull away. That went away when Tom Dean and Shawn Perez collided on Lap 4 and went into the inside wall to bring out the yellow.  Dean ended up on top of the inside wall as a result. On the restart, Scott Towslee was able to get past Jay Casey for second, but he could do nothing with Jason Casey’s No. 324.  The younger Casey held on to take the victory over Towslee, Jay Casey, Ed Bishop and Doug Olds. In Pure Stock, Brian Walsh, Dom Denue and Clifford Booth each claimed wins.  John Devine finished fifth in Feature No. 2, which was enough to give him the title.  In the 4-Cylinder class, James Street won overall and in Dual-Cam while second-place finisher Brandon Ely won the Dual-Cam championship.  Gary Malloy Sr. finished a season sweep in Single-Cam. Modified Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Rob Pitcher, 2) Mark Flach Jr., 3) Wayne Jelley, 4) Keith Flach, 5) Eddie Marshall, 6) Peter Britten, 7) J.R. Heffner, 8) Marc Johnson, 9) Ronnie Johnson, 10) Olden Dwyer, 11) Andy Bachetti, 12) Mike King, 13) Denny Soltis, 14) Josh Marcus, 15) Kenny Tremont Jr, 16) Brett Haas, 17) Kolby Schroder, 18) Kyle Armstrong, 19) Karl Barnes, 20) Paul Gilardi, 21) Brian Berger Small Block Modified Feature Results (24 laps): 1) Jason Herrington, 2) Brandon Lane, 3) Olden Dwyer, 4) Chris Curtis, 5) Brett Haas, 6) Andy Bachetti, 7) Ryan Charland, 8) Mark Pullen, 9) Brian Peterson, 10) Alissa Cody, 11) Angelo DiCarlo, 12) Kevin Petrucci, 13) Kim LaVoy, 14) Ryan McLean, 15) Ray Hall Jr.  DQ: Timothy Davis Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Nathan Johnson, 2) Pat Jones, 3) Joey Coppola, 4) Ryan Larkin, 5) John Virgilio, 6) Rob Maxon, 7) Robbie Knipe, 8) John Stowell, 9) Matt Schulz, 10) Walter Hammond, 11) Peter Carlotto, 12) Kevin Chaffee, 13) Bobby Chalmers, 14) Nikki Ouellette, 15) Ted Teal, 16) Bob Fachini Jr., 17) Todd Buckwold, 18) Robbie Colburn, 19) Matt Burke, 20) Del Ligouri, 21) Steven Lary, 22) Shane Henion, 23) Karl Barnes, 24) Nick Plumstead, 25) Angelo DiCarlo, 26) Gary O’Brien, 27) Keith Johannessen, 28) Jacob Perry, 29) Walter Hammond Jr., 30) Rob Hallaback, 31) Austin Smith, 32) Harold Robitaille Sportsman B-Main Results (12 laps): 1) Walter Hammond Jr., 2) Matt Schulz, 3) Rob Maxon, 4) Matt Burke, 5) Ted Teal, 6) Bob Fachini Jr., 7) Shane Henion, 8) Todd Buckwold, 9) Jacob Perry, 10) Del Ligouri, 11) Nick Plumstead, 12) Kevin Chaffee, 13) Steven Larry, 14) Rob Hallaback, 15) Austin Smith, 16) Harold Robitaille, 17) Walter Hammond Jr. Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Jason Casey, 2) Scott Towslee, 3) Jay Casey*, 4) Ed Bishop, 5) Doug Olds, 6) Steven LaRochelle, 7) Jason Meltz, 8) Nick Hilt, 9) Phil Arnold, 10) Zach Seyerlein, 11) Chad Jeseo, 12) Tony Markou, 13) Johnny Rivers, 14) Nick Arnold, 15) Dave Stickles, 16) Shawn Perez, 17) Tom O’Connor, 18) Brian Keough, 19) Tom Dean, 20) Dave Demorest, 21) Aidan Demorest, 22) John Lindblade, 23) Dan Therrien Pure Stock Feature No. 1 Results (8 laps): 1) Brian Walsh, 2) Ryan Brown, 3) Dave Streibel Jr., 4) Jethro Rossman, 5) Franklin Smith, 6) Peter Huntoon, 7) Kitty Foster, 8) Colby Kokosa, 9) Rocco Procopio Pure Stock Feature No. 2 Results (8 laps): 1) Dom Denue, 2) Chris Murphy, 3) Lou Gancarz, 4) Dave Fachini, 5) John Devine, 6) Christopher Brown, 7) Wayne Mahar, 8) Evan Denue, 9) Janai St. Pierre Pure Stock Feature No. 3 Results (8 laps): 1) Clifford Booth, 2) Jeff Meltz Sr., 3) Keri VanDenburg, 4) Don Kennedy, 5) Dylan Fachini, 6) Scott Morris, 7) Wayne Taylor, 8) Rob Partridge, 9) Jay Casey* 4-Cylinder Single-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Gary Malloy Sr., 2) Chris White, 3) Bradley Batho, 4) Doug Howe, 5) Bob Ely, 6) Joe Wolfe, 7) Althea Roy, 8) Joey Batho, 9) Chris Bierce, 10) Matt Narzynski 4-Cylinder Dual-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) James Street, 2) Brandon Ely, 3) Lucas Ballard, 4) Steve Burbank, 5) Garrett Biagiarelli, 6) Adam Petell, 7) Tyler White, 8) Mike Duncan, 9) Jon Twing, 10) Jim Guertin *- There are two Jay Caseys.  The Jay Casey in Pro Stock is from Connecticut while the Jay Casey in Pure Stock is from Massachusetts.

Prior to the start of the evening, Lebanon Valley Speedway officials announced that the Aug. 22 races would be the final races of the 2020 season.  The lack of revenue due to not being allowed to have fans in the grandstands has hurt the track significantly.  As a result, the pressure was on with only two races left for all the classes. Mike King led the field to green, but trouble broke out immediately when Kyle Armstrong and Brett Haas had contact in Turn 1.  This broke the front end of Haas’ car and spun him out.  He was then hit by Denny Soltis to bring out the yellow.  Haas and Soltis were ok, but done for the night.  On the restart, Eddie Marshall, Kolby Schroder and Wayne Jelley came together.  All three continued, but Jelley ended up 12 laps down at the finish. King was able to hold off the pack early on as a small train developed.  Olden Dwyer was second, followed by J.R. Heffner, Keith Flach and Kenny Tremont Jr.  This held on until Ken McGuire had a catastrophic failure on Lap 13 to bring out the yellow. On the restart, Tremont’s No. 115 came to life.  He was able to move all the way up to second on the restart and immediately put the pressure on King.  Two laps later, Tremont dispatched of King and took the lead.  From there, Tremont didn’t look back as he drove away to claim his 139th career Big Block victory at Lebanon Valley, extending his own record. “When we started the feature, we ran fifth…and I thought this was all we could do,” Tremont said.  “Then, we got the yellow flag and got to cool the tires down.  On that restart, it took right off.  That was the key.” Keith Flach ended up second, followed by Marc Johnson, Andy Bachetti and Mark Flach Jr.  Bachetti has a 28-point lead going into the final night of racing. The Small Block Modified Feature saw Brandon Lane start from the pole and lead early.  Ryan Charland moved up from the second row and managed to snatch the lead away on Lap 6. Charland was able to hold off the pack until a caution came out on Lap 11 due to a crash involving Lane and Frank Harper.  This brought out a red flag to make some wall repairs. Following the restart, Charland had Bachetti right on his tail.  To his credit, Charland held off Bachetti as long as he could before the Sheffield, Mass.-native took the lead on Lap 16.  From there, Bachetti pulled away to take his second win of the year. Haas finished second, followed by Charland, Timothy Davis and Jason Herrington. Haas enters the final race with a one-point lead over Davis and eight over Bachetti. In Sportsman, Bob Fachini Jr. started from the pole, but Nikki Ouellette was able to swoop into the lead from the second row.  Shortly afterwards, Rob Maxon and Nathan Johnson hooked together and spun in Turn 2.  At the same time, Bobby Chalmers hit the wall to bring out a yellow. John Virgilio entered the night with a comfortable point lead, but spun in Turn 4 on Lap 13.  He was able to come back to 10th, but lost ground in the standings. Joey Coppola tried to run down Ouellette late, but could not prevent her from taking her first career Sportsman victory.  Coppola was second, then John Stowell, Robbie Knipe and Ryan Larkin. Pro Stock teams had a rough night.  On the first lap of the feature, Rick Duzlak spun and hit the wall hard exiting Turn 2 while Daniel Sanchez (racing in place of Johnny Rivers), Doug Olds and Dave Demorest were also involved.  Duzlak was ok, but needed a little time before exiting his No. 29.  Another crash involving Sanchez, Shawn Perez, Tom Dean, Steve LaRochelle and others slowed the action. Phil Arnold briefly ended up with the lead, then quickly lost that advantage to Tony Markou.  Arnold would later get caught up in a crash with LaRochelle, Tom Dean and Chad Jeseo.  This crash prevented Jeseo from locking up the Pro Stock title. Once the dust settled, Markou was still in the lead with Jason Casey chasing.  The younger of the Caseys tried many times to get to Markou’s inside, but he could not prevent Markou from taking his first career Pro Stock win.  Afterwards, Markou was very pleased with his victory and felt that he needed to better his previous interview on the track's PA system. Jason Casey was second, then Nick Hilt, Canaan, Conn.'s Jay Casey and Scott Towslee. Jeseo enters the final night of racing with a 54-point lead. He will clinch the championship by pulling into the pits and competing in his heat race on Aug. 22. Earlier in the evening, Eastwood Detailing sponsored a six-lap dash for a selected group of Pro Stock racers. Jason Casey drew the pole for the race and led every lap to win. LaRochelle was second, while Jeseo was third. In Pure Stock Feature No. 1, Dylan Fachini was looking to make a comeback after being disqualified from a victory Aug. 8 due to failing to meet minimum. Here, he took advantage of the situation. He was able to start from pole and pull out to a decent lead. Behind Fachini, Massachusetts' Jay Casey in his Chevrolet Nova moved up to second from sixth on the grid. Over the eight laps, Fachini could not be beaten as he held on to take victory in his purple No. 35. Jay Casey was second, then Jeff Meltz Sr., Brian Walsh and Rocco Procopio. Pure Stock Feature No. 2 saw Dave Fachini start on pole in his Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Trouble struck for Shawn Perez before things really got going when his No. 09 refused to come up to speed. This brought out a caution. Shortly after the restart, Dom Denue spun out to cause another yellow. On Lap 2, Chris Stalker was able to get past Dave Fachini to take the lead with Don Kennedy in tow. Kennedy then made his own move for the lead. Kennedy was able to get past on Lap 3, but Stalker immediately struck back and re-took the advantage. From there, Stalker was able to pull out a small advantage and held on to take his first win of the year. Kennedy was second, followed by John Devine. Jim Dellea was fourth in a car that had to be significantly repaired after a crash in warmups, while Dom Denue was fifth. Pure Stock Feature No. 3 saw Keri VanDenburg start from the pole and lead early in her Monte Carlo. Chris Murphy was charging towards the front in his gray No. 011, but contact broke his left front tie rod and disabled his car on-track to bring out a yellow. VanDenburg continued to lead, but was feeling the pressure from Evan Denue and Scott Kilmer. Kilmer was able to get past Evan Denue's No. 245, then put the moves on VanDenburg to get out in front on Lap 7. From there, he pulled away to take the victory. Evan Denue ended up second, followed by VanDenburg. Janai St. Pierre was fourth, while Ryan Brown was fifth. With one regular suite of races remaining, Devine has a 14-point lead over Jeff Meltz Sr. and 26 over Scott Morris. At the end of the evening was the Boomer's Performance Purestock Classic, a 20-lap race for Pure Stock racers. By virtue of winning the first feature, Dylan Fachini started from the pole. Chris Stalker started alongside and immediately swept into the lead. Meanwhile, Meltz charged up from the sixth starting spot to put himself into contention. Meltz was able to snatch the lead away from Stalker on Lap 5. He tried to pull away, but Dom Denue stopping on-track brought out a yellow. Later on, veteran racer Clem Tuffolo spun by himself in Turn 2 on Lap 11. He tried to resume on his own, but spun again and ripped the right rear axle out of his car, bringing out a second yellow. A number of on-track issues followed. A lap after the restart, Brian Walsh spun out in Turn 1 to bring out another yellow. At the same time, Scott Kilmer and Evan Denue both had mechanical issues on the frontstretch. On the restart from that caution, Jim Dellea spun in Turn 1, collecting Walsh, Janai St. Pierre and Dave Streibel Jr. A second spin from Streibel set up a four-lap shootout. From here, Meltz was able to hold off Stalker to claim victory and a check for $628 in memory of the late Todd Sheldon. Stalker was second, then Dylan Fachini, Dom Denue and St. Pierre. In the 4-Cylinder class, Steve Burbank started from the pole in his Honda Civic, but got blitzed on the first lap by Brandon Ely and James Street. Given the pace of Ely's Honda, Street was running his Nissan Sentra SE-R hard to keep up. That hard pace came back to haunt Street. On the second lap, Street entered Turn 1 too quickly and slid up into the wall. The contact disabled the Sentra and brought out the yellow. On the restart, Chris Hall spun exiting Turn 2 after contact from Joey Morey. Officials sent Morey to the rear not only for causing this incident, but for also jumping the restart immediately prior to the incident. The incidents left Lucas Ballard in second to lead the charge against Ely. Ballard had almost every bit of Ely's speed, but he doesn't have Ely's experience. The pace beyond the first two cautions was such that much of the race was spent in lapped traffic. Ely was able to handle the slower traffic better than Ballard could. The race was still close until the final five laps before Ely pulled away to take the overall and Dual-Cam victories. Ballard was second, followed by John Wright. Wright inherited second after Burbank had a wheel fail on the final lap. He managed to finish on three wheels in fourth, while Hall managed fifth. Gary Malloy Sr. led flag-to-flag to finish third overall and win the Single-Cam class. Victor Duncan Jr. was second, followed by Matt Narzynski, Bradley Batho and Morey. Modified Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Kenny Tremont Jr., 2) Keith Flach, 3) Marc Johnson, 4) Andy Bachetti, 5) Mark Flach Jr., 6) Mike King, 7) Olden Dwyer, 8) Peter Britten, 9) Ronnie Johnson, 10) Kolby Schroder, 11) Eddie Marshall, 12) Brian Berger, 13) Rob Pitcher, 14) Kyle Armstrong, 15) Paul Gilardi, 16) Josh Marcus, 17) J.R. Heffner, 18) Tyler Dippel, 19) Wayne Jelley, 20) Kyle Sheldon, 21) Ken McGuire, 22) Karl Barnes, 23) Kenny Aanonsen, III, 24) Brett Haas, 25) Denny Soltis, 26) Steve Hough Small Block Modified Feature Results (24 laps): 1) Andy Bachetti, 2) Brett Haas, 3) Ryan Charland, 4) Timothy Davis, 5) Jason Herrington, 6) Olden Dwyer, 7) Guy Sheldon, 8) Steve Hough, 9) Ray Hall Jr., 10) Chris Curtis, 11) Brandon Lane, 12) Kevin Petrucci, 13) Chris Schulz, 14) Kim LaVoy, 15) Frank Harper, 16) Angelo DiCarlo, 17) Brian Sandstedt, 18) Mark Pullen Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Nikki Ouellette, 2) Joey Coppola, 3) John Stowell, 4) Robbie Knipe, 5) Ryan Larkin, 6) Pat Jones, 7) Matt Schulz, 8) Walter Hammond, 9) Peter Carlotto, 10) John Virgilio, 11) Robbie Colburn, 12) Jacob Perry, 13) Walter Hammond Jr., 14) Nathan Johnson, 15) Bob Fachini Jr., 16) Matt Burke, 17) Keith Johannessen, 18) Ted Teal, 19) Jordan Miller, 20) Del Ligouri, 21) Karl Barnes, 22) Pat Mann, 23) Rob Hallaback, 24) Rob Maxon, 25) Angelo DiCarlo, 26) Bobby Chalmers, 27) Gary O’Brien Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Tony Markou, 2) Jason Casey, 3) Nick Hilt, 4) Jay Casey*, 5) Scott Towslee, 6) Zach Seyerlein, 7) Doug Olds, 8) Steven LaRochelle, 9) Tom Dean, 10) Dave Stickles, 11) Phil Arnold, 12) Brian Keough, 13) Nick Arnold, 14) Johnny Rivers**, 15) Chad Jeseo, 16) Ed Bishop, 17) Shawn Perez, 18) Rick Duzlak, 19) Tom O’Connor, 20) Dave Demorest, 21) Aidan Demorest Eastwood Detailing Pro Stock Dash (6 laps): 1) Jason Casey, 2) Steve LaRochelle, 3) Chad Jeseo, 4) Johnny Rivers**, 5) Tony Markou, 6) Jay Casey* Pure Stock Feature No. 1 Results (8 laps): 1) Dylan Fachini, 2) Jay Casey*, 3) Brian Walsh, 4) Jeff Meltz Sr., 5) Rocco Procopio, 6) Dave Streibel Jr., 7) Rob Partridge, 8) Franklin Smith, 9) Colby Kokosa Pure Stock Feature No. 2 Results (8 laps): 1) Chris Stalker, 2) Don Kennedy, 3) John Devine, 4) Jim Dellea, 5) Dom Denue, 6) Dave Fachini, 7) Christopher Brown, 8) Shawn Perez, 9) Clem Toffolo Pure Stock Feature No. 3 Results (8 laps): 1) Scott Kilmer, 2) Evan Denue, 3) Keri VanDenburg, 4) Janai St. Pierre, 5) Ryan Brown, 6) Scott Morris, 7) Chris Murphy, 8) Wayne Mahar, 9) Tomm Gomm Boomer’s Performance Purestock Classic Results (20 laps): 1) Jeff Meltz Sr., 2) Chris Stalker, 3) Dylan Fachini, 4) Dom Denue, 5) Janai St. Pierre, 6) Jim Dellea, 7) Brian Walsh, 8) Ryan Brown, 9) Christopher Brown, 10) Dave Streibel Jr., 11) Evan Denue, 12) Scott Kilmer, 13) Clem Toffolo, 14) Dave Fachini 4-Cylinder Single-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Gary Malloy Sr. 2) Victor Duncan Jr., 3) Matt Narzynski, 4) Bradley Batho, 5) Joey Morey, 6) Allana Jordan, 7) Joe Wolfe, 8) Chris Bierce, 9) Austin MacDonald, 10) Rob Lanfear, 11) Joey Batho 4-Cylinder Dual-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Brandon Ely, 2) Lucas Ballard, 3) John Wright, 4) Steve Burbank, 5) Chris Hall, 6) Matt Tedrow, 7) James Street *- Yes, there are two Jay Caseys noted in the results.  The Jay Casey in Pro Stock is from Connecticut, while the Jay Casey in Pure Stock is from Massachusetts. **- Johnny Rivers is listed in the results, but he did not compete Saturday night.  Daniel Sanchez drove Rivers’ car as a substitute driver.  As per track rules, Sanchez is able to earn points for Rivers.

Saturday night brought some more action to Lebanon Valley Speedway.  The racing has been popular on the internet recently and fans were treated to a mostly clean night at the track. Mike King claimed the pole for the feature and managed to lead early.  Fellow front-row starter Ronnie Johnson was right there early on and put the pressure.  On Lap 4, Johnson was able to make the pass and take the lead from King. Kenny Tremont Jr.’s night came to an end on Lap 5 when his car came to a stop in Turn 3, bringing out the only yellow of the race. The 19th-place finish hurt him significantly in the points. Points leader Andy Bachetti started sixth and quickly moved up the order.  On the restart from Tremont’s issues, he was able to get second from King.  From there, Bachetti ran down Johnson and tried to make a move on him.  Unlike a number of races lately, he was not able to get it done. Johnson was able to fend off Bachetti’s charges for a few laps before Bachetti began to drop back (afterwards, Johnson thought that Bachetti had gotten his tires too hot).  Bachetti would make another charge a few laps later, but Johnson was able to fend that challenge off as well. Ultimately, no one had anything for Johnson, who took his first win of the season. “As far as [Bachetti’s] been this year, it was a little nerve-wracking having him back there,” Johnson said afterwards.  “We had a good setup tonight, the car worked really well and we’re happy.” Johnson’s victory moved him up to sixth in points, just three out of the top five.  Bachetti finished second and expanded his lead to 33 points over Eddie Marshall.  Wayne Jelley finished a somewhat distant third, followed by Kyle Armstrong and Keith Flach. The Sportsman feature was another clean affair.  Keith Johannessen started from pole in a car that has struggled at times.  On this night, Johannessen described his car as “perfect.”  He was able to lead with ease early on. However, the fastest man on the track was Ryan Larkin.  Larkin returned to Lebanon Valley to race after an absence of nearly a decade late last year.  On this night, he was able to snag the lead from Johannessen on Lap 6. From there, Larkin was off to the races.  He slowly but surely pulled away from Johannessen and everyone else.  Larkin remarked afterwards that he had no idea that he had as large of a lead as he did. Larkin continued to pull away to win the caution-free Sportsman feature by over seven seconds.  Johannessen finished a career-best second.  Nearly 10 seconds off the lead at the finish was Robbie Colburn, who made a late pass of Peter Carlotto to take third.  John Virgilio finished fifth. The Pro Stock class had the annual Ol’ Buzzard 30, a 30-lap feature held in memory of the late Jimmy Langenback.  Langenback was a smooth driver who raced his opponents fairly.  The race ended up being fairly similar to a Langenback race. By virtue of a redraw, points leader Chad Jeseo ended up with the pole with Steven LaRochelle alongside.  The two ultimately ran away from the rest of the field and settled things among themselves. The race ended up going caution free.  The only incident actually occurred at the start of the race when Nick Hilt’s hood flew off.  Since it landed between the outside wall and the catchfence, no caution was thrown.  A similar incident occurred during the heat races when Johnny Rivers’ hood blew off on the backstretch and hit the billboards. LaRochelle pressured Jeseo to the best of his ability.  On Lap 7, he was able to get fully alongside the multiple-time Pro Stock champion.  Jeseo was able to fend off the Dalton native and pulled out a small gap. Further back, a small group of drivers fought hard over third.  Rick Duzlak had it at first, but both Jay and Jason Casey were there to give chase, along with Tony Markou and Scott Towslee.  Eventually, Towslee was dropped and fell back to the third group before retiring. Jason Casey was able to get past Duzlak for third with 12 laps to go, but could make no ground on the leaders.  Jeseo pulled away to take a big win and $1054.  LaRochelle was second, then Jason Casey, Duzlak and Jay Casey. In Pure Stock Feature No. 1, a stackup on the initial start resulted in Jethro Rossman spinning out on the frontstretch. This was treated as a caution period even though it was more along the lines of a false start. When the race finally got underway in full, Dylan Fachini was able to get past pole sitter Evan Denue to take the lead on the first lap. Evan Denue was able to keep pace with Fachini and hold off the rest of the field. Points leader John Devine started in 12th, but wasted no time getting his No. 24 towards the front of the field. However, there was contact made between Devine and Dom Denue. Dom didn't like that much. The two drivers rubbed each other all through Turns 1 and 2 on Lap 3 as Dom showed his displeasure with Devine. That contact ultimately cut one of Dom's tires. Eventually, Dom stopped in Turn 2 to bring out the yellow on Lap 5. Track officials viewed this amount of contact as rough driving. While Dom eventually finished sixth, he was moved back to 10th after the race. Devine was still quick after the restart and went after Fachini for the lead. He was able to take the advantage on Lap 7. Then, trouble struck as Devine went into the wall in Turn 4 to bring out another yellow, likely due to the previous contact. Devine's crash put Fachini back in the lead. From there, Fachini held on over the final two laps to take the victory on the track. Janai St. Pierre, who had kept herself out of trouble, passed Evan Denue in the final run to the finish for second. However, Fachini's No. 35 came up light on the scales. That relegated the purple Monte Carlo to the back of the field. By virtue of finishing second, St. Pierre inherited her first career Pure Stock victory. Evan Denue was second, followed by Scott Kilmer, Don Kennedy and Scott Morris. Pure Stock Feature No. 2 saw Rocco Procopio start from the pole and lead early on. Further back, there was some argy-bargy. Chris Murphy spun in Turn 1 after a tap from Chris Stalker to bring out an early caution. Later on, Stalker ran a little too hard into Turn 1 and half-spun out. He was then hit by Clifford Booth. Both drivers were able to continue and no yellow was thrown. The fastest driver on the track in this feature was Jeff Meltz Sr. Starting eighth, Meltz slowly made his way up the order, getting into second by halfway. Once there, he put the pressure on Procopio. With three laps to go, Meltz snagged the lead away. Shortly afterwards, Keri VanDenburg spun in Turn 4 to bring out one more yellow. Here, some anger overflowed as Booth and Stalker had contact under yellow. Officials weren't tolerating that behavior and parked both drivers. Once the green came back out, Meltz opened up a small gap and held on to take his second win of the year. Procopio held on for second, followed by Murphy. Rob Partridge was fourth, while Ryan Brown was fifth in a borrowed car after his regular mount turned traitor following warmups. The 4-Cylinder feature saw Steve Burbank start on pole, but JRS Racing's James Street made short work of Burbank to take the lead. Lucas Ballard followed past into second. Daniel Joubert, making his debut in a Volkswagen Rabbit, spun in Turn 1 after contact from Althea Roy to bring out the caution. On the restart from this caution, Mike Duncan's Mazda3 was turned into the outside wall by Burbank. Burbank was sent to the rear by the officials for causing this incident. The race quickly became a two-car duel between Street's Nissan Sentra SE-R and Ballard's Acura Integra. What proved to be Street's downfall was that he went a little too hard into Turn 1. On Lap 8, Street got his Sentra a little too loose in Turn 1. That allowed Ballard to take the lead on the inside. Duncan's Mazda stalling on the frontstretch resulted in a caution that set up a three-lap sprint. On the restart, Ballard opened up a small gap on Street. Meanwhile, Gary Malloy Sr. hit the wall in Turn 2, allowing the Honda Prelude of Victor Duncan Jr. to take the Single-cam lead. Ballard was able to hold on to take his first career 4-Cylinder victory in only his seventh start. Afterwards, Ballard was overjoyed with his victory and wanted to celebrate in style. However, he went a little too hard and hurt his wrist banging it on his car. Despite an apparent wrist sprain, Ballard plans to be back in the car this weekend. Brandon Ely was second, then Street. Jim Guertin and Burbank rounded out the top five in Dual-Cam. Despite hitting the wall on Lap 13, Malloy was able to run Victor Duncan Jr. back down and pass him on the final lap to finish fourth overall, good enough to win the Single-Cam class. Victor Duncan Jr.'s No. 73 was second, then Luke Williams, Matt Narzynski and Bradley Batho. Modified Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Ronnie Johnson, 2) Andy Bachetti, 3) Wayne Jelley, 4) Kyle Armstrong, 5) Keith Flach, 6) Marc Johnson, 7) Brett Haas, 8) Peter Britten, 9) Kolby Schroder, 10) Eddie Marshall, 11) Mark Flach Jr., 12) Brian Berger, 13) Mike King, 14) Rob Pitcher, 15) Kyle Sheldon, 16) J.R. Heffner, 17) Denny Soltis, 18) Karl Barnes, 19) Kenny Tremont Jr., 20) Derek Bornt, 21) Paul Gilardi, 22) Olden Dwyer, 23) Josh Marcus, 24) Kevin Petrucci, 25) Jason Herrington, 26) Frank Harper, 27) Brandon Lane Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Ryan Larkin, 2) Keith Johannessen, 3) Robbie Colburn, 4) Peter Carlotto, 5) John Virgilio, 6) Pat Jones, 7) Robbie Knipe, 8) Nikki Ouellette, 9) Joey Coppola, 10) John Stowell, 11) Gary O’Brien, 12) Chris Lynch, 13) Matt Schulz, 14) Walter Hammond Jr., 15) Walter Hammond, 16) Jimmy Devitt, 17) Jeff Higham, 18) Bob Fachini Jr., 19) Karl Barnes, 20) Brian Heath, 21) Pat Mann, 22) Shane Powell, 23) Angelo DiCarlo, 24) Jordan Miller, 25) Rob Hallaback Pro Stock Ol’ Buzzard 30 Results (30 laps): 1) Chad Jeseo, 2) Steven LaRochelle, 3) Jason Casey, 4) Rick Duzlak, 5) Jay Casey, 6) Nick Hilt, 7) Tony Markou, 8) Doug Olds, 9) Shawn Perez, 10) Zach Seyerlein, 11) Phil Arnold, 12) Brian Keough, 13) Dave Stickles, 14) Tom Dean, 15) Ed Bishop, 16) Johnny Rivers, 17) Scott Towslee Pure Stock Feature No. 1 Results (10 laps): 1) Janai St. Pierre, 2) Evan Denue, 3) Scott Kilmer, 4) Don Kennedy, 5) Scott Morris, 6) Brian Walsh, 7) Jethro Rossman, 8) Franklin Smith, 9) Christopher Brown, 10) Dom Denue, 11) John Devine, 12) Dylan Fachini Pure Stock Feature No. 2 Results (10 laps): 1) Jeff Meltz Sr., 2) Rocco Procopio, 3) Chris Murphy, 4) Rob Partridge, 5) Ryan Brown, 6) Dave Streibel Jr., 7) Clifford Booth, 8) Chris Stalker, 9) Dave Fachini, 10) Keri VanDenburg, 11) Colby Kokosa, 12) Jim Dellea 4-Cylinder Dual-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Lucas Ballard, 2) Brandon Ely, 3) James Street, 4) Jim Guertin, 5) Steve Burbank, 6) Matt Tedrow, 7) Garrett Biagiarelli, 8) Gene Chariott, 9) Mike Duncan, 10) John Wright 4-Cylinder Single-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Gary Malloy Sr., 2) Victor Duncan Jr., 3) Luke Williams, 4) Matt Narzynski, 5) Bradley Batho, 6) Doug Howe, 7) Corbin Lavoy, 8) Althea Roy, 9) Chris Bierce, 10) Daniel Joubert, 11) Joe Wolfe, 12) Joey Morey

Competitors Saturday night at Lebanon Valley were greeted with cooler conditions than in recent weeks.  That meant that you had some good racing. Kyle Armstrong started from the pole and led early.  Meanwhile, Kolby Schroder moved up from fourth to give immediate chase.  Andy Bachetti, who had mechanical problems last week, started fifth and was right on the leaders’ tail early on. Schroder was able to get past Armstrong on Lap 11 to take the lead.  From there, he pulled out a decent lead.  Bachetti passed Armstrong three laps later for second and set off to run down Schroder’s No. 99. For a while, it seemed like Schroder was fast enough to hold off Bachetti.  However, the right rear tire on Schroder’s car began to shear chunks late in the race.  This caused a vibration and handling issues.  It became difficult to hold a line. That allowed Bachetti to run down Schroder in the final few laps.  The two then battled side-by-side for three laps.  With a lap and a half to go, Bachetti was finally able to make the pass stick for the lead.  From there, he pulled away to take his third win of 2020. “I think we stayed consistent and [Schroder] fell off a little bit the last 10 laps,” Bachetti said.  “We’ve got a [setup] box that we should stay in and that’s the bottom line.” Schroder was disappointed in second, while Armstrong was third.  Peter Britten was fourth and Eddie Marshall fifth. The Small Block Modified class saw Steve Hough start on pole with Kim LaVoy alongside.  Hough was able to take the advantage early on and held off LaVoy and the rest of the pack. Further back, Brett Haas slowly moved up the order after starting in seventh.  Bachetti topped off a troublesome night with a DNF due to braking issues. Cautions due to Chris Curtis stopping on track and a spin for Mark Pullen kept the field relatively close with Hough still in front.  After the last restart, Haas started making his move.  He spent a couple of laps battling with LaVoy until he got past on Lap 10. Once Haas got to Hough, the two drivers battled hard for the lead.  Eventually, Haas was able to make the pass for the lead stick on Lap 15.  From there, Haas pulled away to take his second win of the year. Hough finished second while Olden Dwyer pipped Timothy Davis in the closing laps for third.  LaVoy held on for fifth. The Sportsman class saw Karl Barnes start from the pole, but he almost immediately lost the advantage to Gary O’Brien.  O’Brien, driving a repaired chassis after crashing last week, was in fine form. Points leader John Virgilio had issues early and slowed in Turn 1 to bring out an early caution.  He was able to continue after a pit stop and quickly moved up the order once the race resumed. Joey Coppola quickly made his way up to second from the sixth starting spot.  He was followed by Bobby Chalmers and Ryan Larkin. A couple of spins kept the race fairly close at the front.  Coppola tried his darndest to get past, but O’Brien kept an even keel over the full distance.  A late spin set up a one-lap shootout, but O’Brien was able to hold on to take his first career Sportsman victory. Coppola held on for second, his best run of 2020.  Robbie Knipe finished third, followed by Larkin.  Virgilio was able to recover from his early issues to finish fifth. Pro Stock saw a career night for Doug Olds.  Dave Stickles started from the pole by virtue of winning his heat race and led early.  On the second lap, Zach Seyerlein spun in Turn 2 after contact from Steven LaRochelle to bring out a yellow.  Tom O’Connor spun to avoid.  Both drivers continued. On the restart, Olds was able to get past Stickles to take the lead.  Shortly afterwards, Rick Duzlak spun to bring out another yellow and bunch the field back up. Once the green came back out, Olds was able to get into a nice rhythm and open up a gap on the field.  Further back, points leader Chad Jeseo was making steady progress after starting 13th.  By the halfway point, he was up to fourth. Jeseo would eventually get to third, but no one was beating Olds on this night.  He made only one misstep during the race on Lap 17 when he got a little too high in Turn 1.  Other than that, he was just about perfect en route to his first-ever Pro Stock win. Tony Markou finished a strong second, followed by Jeseo.  Jason Meltz and Scott Towslee were fourth and fifth.  Towslee also won a six-lap dash race earlier in the evening. In Pure Stock, John Devine and Brian Walsh earned victories. Modified Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Andy Bachetti, 2) Kolby Schroder, 3) Kyle Armstrong, 4) Peter Britten, 5) Eddie Marshall, 6) Kenny Tremont Jr., 7) Rob Pitcher, 8) Olden Dwyer, 9) Marc Johnson, 10) Mike King, 11) Ronnie Johnson, 12) Brian Berger, 13) Wayne Jelley, 14) J.R. Heffner, 15) Keith Flach, 16) Kyle Sheldon, 17) Mark Flach Jr., 18) Josh Marcus, 19) Brett Haas, 20) Denny Soltis, 21) Steve Hough, 22) Karl Barnes, 23) Jeff Sukup Small Block Modified Feature Results (24 laps): 1) Brett Haas, 2) Steve Hough, 3) Olden Dwyer, 4) Timothy Davis, 5) Kim LaVoy, 6) Jason Herrington, 7) Ryan Charland, 8) Ray Hall Jr., 9) Guy Sheldon, 10) Frank Harper, 11) Brandon Lane, 12) Chris Curtis, 13) Brian Peterson, 14) Mark Pullen, 15) Andy Bachetti, 16) Brian Sandstedt, 17) Ryan Darcy, 18) Kevin Petrucci Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Gary O’Brien, 2) Joey Coppola, 3) Robbie Knipe, 4) Ryan Larkin, 5) John Virgilio, 6) Bobby Chalmers, 7) Chris Lynch, 8) Peter Carlotto, 9) John Stowell, 10) Pat Jones, 11) Nikki Ouellette, 12) Robbie Colburn, 13) Nathan Johnson, 14) Keith Johannessen, 15) Bob Fachini Jr., 16) Del Ligouri, 17) Shane Powell, 18) Jacob Perry, 19) Karl Barnes, 20) Shawn Johannessen, 21) Rob Hallaback, 22) Jeff Higham Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Doug Olds, 2) Tony Markou, 3) Chad Jeseo, 4) Jason Meltz, 5) Scott Towslee, 6) Rick Duzlak, 7) Phil Arnold, 8) Nick Hilt, 9) Johnny Rivers, 10) Johnny Rivers, 11) Tom Dean, 12) Ed Bishop, 13) Zach Seyerlein, 14) Tom O’Connor, 15) Dave Stickles, 16) Adam Schneider, 17) Shawn Perez Eastwood Pro Stock Dash Results (6 laps): 1) Scott Towslee, 2) Zach Seyerlein, 3) Jason Meltz, 4) Phil Arnold, 5) Tony Markou, 6) Dave Stickles Pure Stock Feature No. 1 Results (10 laps): 1) Brian Walsh, 2) Chris Murphy, 3) Dave Fachini, 4) Don Kennedy, 5) Dom Denue, 6) Mitch Bombard, 7) Nick Napoli, 8) Jethro Rossman, 9) Dave Streibel Jr., 10) Keri VanDenburg, 11) Craig Coons, 12) Clifford Booth, 13) Scott Kilmer, 14) Evan Denue Pure Stock Feature No. 2 Results (10 laps): 1) John Devine, 2) Jeff Meltz Sr., 3) Rob Partridge, 4) Janai St. Pierre, 5) Scott Morris, 6) Ryan Brown, 7) Christopher Brown, 8) Franklin Smith, 9) Dylan Fachini, 10) Wayne Mahar, 11) Rocco Procopio, 12) Jim Dellea, 13) Jay Casey, 14) Peter Huntoon

As compared to two weeks ago, Saturday night’s racing card was relatively brisk, complete by 9:30 p.m.  For Pittsfield, Mass.’ Brett Haas, it was a career night. By virtue of winning his heat race, Haas started from the pole for the 30-lap feature with Mike King alongside.  When the green dropped, Haas was able to move out to a small lead.  Kyle Armstrong was able to get past King at the start and moved into second. Once again, the man on the move was Andy Bachetti.  Starting 14th, Bachetti slowly but surely moved up the order.  Unlike recent weeks, passing was at a premium as a number of drivers were sticking to the inside. Haas pulled out to a substantial lead by the one-third mark of the race and was in position to cruise.  Meanwhile, Wayne Jelley snatched second from Armstrong on Lap 9 and tried to run down Haas.  J.R. Heffner was able to get into third a few laps later.  Jelley didn’t make much in the way of progress until Haas caught the rear of the field. Struggling to get past slower traffic allowed Jelley to reel in the Big Block rookie in the final laps.  The final couple of circuits saw Jelley within striking distance, but he could not prevent Haas from taking his first career Modified win. “I don’t think it could have gotten much better tonight,” Haas said after the race.  “To go from playing with Matchbox [cars] when I was five years old while my dad raced to putting my car in victory lane in the biggest class they race here, I don’t think it’s really hit me yet. “Tonight is the kind of night that you can only dream of,” Haas continued.  “This is truly a huge accomplishment for my entire family and I can’t thank them enough for sacrificing so much to get us to this point.” Jelley settled for second, followed by Heffner.  Peter Britten finished fourth, while Brian Berger was fifth.  Andy Bachetti was in the top five until a mechanical failure ended his night with four laps to go.  That boosted Kenny Tremont, Jr., who finished 15th, into the points lead. The Sportsman class saw Matt Burke start from pole, but he immediately lost the advantage to Robbie Colburn.  Joey Coppola and John Stowell followed past. Trouble started on Lap 8 when Pat Jones, Keith Johannessen and Jim Cronk had contact in Turn 4.  On the restart, Gary O’Brien hit the wall in Turn 1 to bring out another yellow.  Shortly afterwards, Burke and Bobby Chalmers hooked bumpers and went into the wall exiting Turn 2, creating a multi-car incident involving Keith Patnode, Kyle Inman and Dave DiPietro.  Everyone was ok, but the race was briefly red-flagged. Coppola was able to get the lead away from Colburn on Lap 10, but he had new threats coming up from behind.  These drivers were points leader John Virgilio and Tim Hartman Jr.  Following a caution on Lap 12 when Whitey Slavin crashed in Turn 4, Hartman pounced on the following restart to take the lead. From there, Hartman was able to pull away to take the win, his third career victory at Lebanon Valley.  Virgilio finished second, followed by Coppola.  Robbie Knipe was fourth, while Peter Carlotto was fifth. The Pro Stock feature was a very different affair as compared to last week.  Rookie Zach Seyerlein started from the pole and maintained the advantage with a heavily-repaired car after a crash last week.  Steven LaRochelle, who was eliminated last week in the same crash as Seyerlein, moved up to second and attempted to pressure Seyerlein for the lead without success. As the race continued on, it became a four-car race between Seyerlein, LaRochelle, Rick Duzlak and Chad Jeseo, who started 10th.  To get to second, Jeseo tapped Duzlak entering Turn 1 on Lap 9.  This pushed Duzlak up the track into LaRochelle.  That allowed Jeseo to get by both drivers and take second. From that point on, it was a two-man race between Seyerlein and Jeseo.  Much of the final five laps of the race was spent side-by-side.  On the final lap, Seyerlein got a little bit too high.  That was all Jeseo needed to pull ahead and take the win. Seyerlein was second, followed by Duzlak and LaRochelle.  Phil Arnold finished fifth. In Pure Stock, John Devine, Jay Casey and Scott Morris each claimed victories.  The 4-Cylinder race saw Brandon Ely win overall and in the Dual-Cam class.  Gary Malloy Sr. finished fourth and won in Single-Cam. Modified Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Brett Haas, 2) Wayne Jelley, 3) J.R. Heffner, 4) Peter Britten, 5) Brian Berger, 6) Kyle Sheldon, 7) Eddie Marshall, 8) Rob Pitcher, 9) Olden Dwyer, 10) Keith Flach, 11) Kolby Schroder, 12) Ronnie Johnson, 13) Marc Johnson, 14) L.J. Lombardo, 15) Kenny Tremont Jr., 16) Mike King, 17) Josh Marcus, 18) Andy Bachetti, 19) Kyle Armstrong, 20) Karl Barnes, 21) Bobby Hackel, IV, 22) Denny Soltis, 23) Paul Gilardi Sportsman Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Tim Hartman Jr., 2) John Virgilio, 3) Joey Coppola, 4) Robbie Knipe, 5) Peter Carlotto, 6) Ryan Larkin, 7) John Stowell, 8) Chris Lynch, 9) Nikki Ouellette, 10) Bobby Chalmers, 11) Pat Jones, 12) Matt Burke, 13) Tim Dwyer, 14) Keith Johannessen, 15) Robbie Colburn, 16) Ted Teal, 17) Gerard LeClair, 18) Karl Barnes, 19) Shane Powell, 20) Greg DeCamp, 21) Rich Eggers, 22) Whitey Slavin, 23) Gary O’Brien, 24) Kyle Inman, 25) Jim Cronk, 26) Dave DiPietro, 27) Keith Patnode, 28) Rob Hallaback Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Chad Jeseo, 2) Zach Seyerlein, 3) Rick Duzlak, 4) Steven LaRochelle, 5) Phil Arnold, 6) Jason Casey, 7) Nick Hilt, 8) Jay Casey, 9) Johnny Rivers, 10) Tom Dean, 11) Dave Stickles, 12) Brian Keough, 13) Doug Olds, 14) Jason Meltz Pure Stock Feature No. 1 Results (10 laps): 1) Scott Morris, 2) Dom Denue, 3) Mike Arnold, 4) Craig Coons, 5) Ryan Brown, 6) Franklin Smith, 7) Matt Cross, 8) Dave Fachini, 9) Chris Brown Pure Stock Feature No. 2 Results (10 laps): 1) Jay Casey, 2) Chris Murphy, 3) Scott Kilmer, 4) Zach Sorrentino, 5) Jethro Rossman, 6) Don Kennedy, 7) Rob Partridge, 8) Janai St. Pierre, 9) Mitch Bombard, 10) Shawn Perez Pure Stock Feature No. 3 Results (10 laps): 1) John Devine, 2) Brian Walsh, 3) Jeff Meltz Sr., 4) Clifford Booth, 5) Keri VanDenburg, 6) Rocco Procopio, 7) Dylan Fachini, 8) Evan Denue, 9) Dave Streibel Jr. 4-Cylinder Dual-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Brandon Ely, 2) James Street, 3) Jim Bleau, 4) Lucas Ballard, 5) Jim Guertin, 6) Mike Duncan, 7) John Wright, 8) Steve Burbank, 9) Rob Miner, 10) Gene Chariott 4-Cylinder Single-Cam Feature Results: 1) Gary Malloy Sr., 2) Matt Narzynski, 3) Doug Howe, 4) Luke Williams, 5) Althea Roy, 6) Chris Bierce, 7) Victor Duncan Jr., 8) Joey Batho, 9) Bradley Batho Note: Yes, there are two Jay Caseys.  The Jay Casey in the Pro Stock class is from Connecticut, while the Jay Casey in Pure Stock is from Massachusetts.